MANDATORY CARDED PLAY RETURNS
The Allan Labor Government in Victoria has resumed plans for its trial of carded poker machine play, due to begin next month, despite a recent rethink and the concept being scrapped in NSW. As the next instalment in its gambling
AVC WELCOMES NEW MAJOR INVESTOR
Australian Venue Co has engineered its next phase of industry-leading growth, taking CVC Capital in as a new private equity partner. Australian Venue Co (AVC) is one of the country’s largest operators, currently keeping 243 licensed venues, primarily pubs, across
SOLOTEL TURNS IT AROUND WITH THE WOODSTOCK
A multi-million-dollar transformation in Sydney’s northwest is set to become the go-to hospitality destination when Rooty Hill’s Carousel Inn is relaunched as The Woodstock later this year. The twenty-fifth venue to be purchased by the Solotel Group, it was acquired
MARLOW TAKES A WALKER DOONSIDE
Western Sydney all-rounder the Doonside Hotel has been sold by Peter Walker to Jason Marlow, as he looks to bolster and further expand the family’s holdings. Built 1962, on a sprawling 7,278sqm plot within the Doonside retail and transport precinct,
REPUTATION STEAKED AT JDA’S PEAKHURST
JDA’s Peakhurst Inn has been in damage control over the menu price of its top-shelf steak, with media and punters outraged at the cost for a pub meal in a challenging economic climate. Around 25 kilometres south-west of the
GASO CLASH: LANDLORD-TENANT FEUD ERUPTS AFTER LEASE SALE
Collingwood’s Gasometer Hotel (‘the Gaso’) has hit the headlines again, only months after closing. Former lessee James Martelletti has lashed out at landlord Jim Kurtulus, claiming he lost $250K in sale of the lease to the new tenant – restauranteur
WILD AND WOOLLY IN THE BAY
The iconic Woolloomooloo Bay ‘Woolly’ Hotel is in the spotlight for its role in the Sydney Giants’ wild end of season soiree that saw lewd and inappropriate acts, as the NSW regulator picks up after the AFL’s governing body.
NEW BEGINNINGS IN WALLSEND
A Newcastle publican is wrapping up business in Wallsend landmarks, divesting the Fire Station and offering up the Museum. The Fire Station Hotel resides atop a large commercial site on a corner of Nelson Street, in the east of town.
HOW MOBILE PHONE ACCESS HAS ENDED THE REIGN OF THE PUB DEBATER
Ubiquitous mobile phone access has made the great pub debate a lost art form. Everyone has instant access to any fact or information they could want, meaning that lively debates about any sort of topic are no longer as likely
RED LION RETURNS WITH A ROAR
Kilmore’s Red Lion Hotel was put firmly back on the map when it reopened on Monday. The 169-year-old pub in Victoria’s oldest inland town was once owned by drug boss Tony Mokbel, who purchased it in 1996 for $465K. It
