LICENSING INSPECTORS SPEAK ON TARGETING
NSW Liquor & Gaming has released insights by a licensing inspector on their methodology and how licensees can benefit and help themselves stay compliant. A release by the State regulator featured Q&A with ‘James’ – one of L&G’s inspectors –
SYDNEY ACCORD GETS JUMP ON IMPENDING TRANSPORT BOON
Making hay ahead of the coming sunshine, Sydney’s City Central Liquor Accord has launched an interactive map marking its member venues and their proximity to transport including the long-awaited light rail. As the city anticipates the heralded relaxation of the
PUSHING THE SAUSAGE: DON’T
In contrast to Australia’s declining rates of teenage drinking, authorities in Denmark have released a clever and humorous message to combat the issue. Danish safe drinking group TrygFonden and the Danish Cancer Society commissioned the release (below), based around a
REDCAPE PARTS WITH TOP50 ST GEORGE
Hotelier couple Michael Wiggins and Joanne Cassar have exchanged contracts to purchase Redcape’s Top50 south Sydney venue, the St George Hotel. Built 1893 by one Aaron Brown, the two-storey St George Hotel casts an imposing figure on Canterbury Road in
FINNINGS OFFER UP CRAIG’S ROYAL HOTEL
The very regal Craig’s Royal Hotel at Ballarat is on the market for the first time in two decades. Built 1853, the heritage-listed three-storey Georgian-style Hotel was the city’s first licensed premise, known as the Ballarat Hotel. The following year
GOVT RELEASES GAMBLING SURVEY 2019
The NSW Government today released a major new study into gambling in NSW commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Fund. The NSW Gambling Survey 2019 questioned 10,000 people on gambling in the past 12 months. It found overall levels of gambling
ST JAMES DONS NEW ROBES FOR MILESTONE BIRTHDAY
Maloney Hotel Group’s hidden gem, the tri-level St James Hotel, is celebrating a makeover and its 15th year of extended trading with an extended party. Industry stalwart Kim Maloney bought the building at 114 Castlereagh Street in the early noughties,
LION HOTEL & OFFICE BLOCK HITS MARKET
Pride of Adelaide, the acclaimed Lion Hotel, has come to market along with an adjoining office block. The heritage-listed pub was built in North Adelaide in 1871, originally trading as a brewery and malt house. SA hoteliers Tim Gregg and
TARA TWINS ON OFFER
The twin titles of Tara’s two hotels in southern Queensland have come to market as a package deal, as the Brauer family looks to exit the game. Tara township is found in the Western Downs, 300 kilometres due west of
REDCAPE’S CABRAMATTA REVEALED
Redcape Hotel Group has made good on aspirational plans at its top-performing Cabramatta Hotel with a multi-million-dollar renovation and community tilt. In late 2017 RHG negotiated a deal with landlords the Bowden family for the $45 million purchase of the
