LEVY SELLS SEABREEZE NELSON BAY TO HUNT

Following an extensive renovation, Marcus Levy has sold his sea-change Seabreeze Hotel business to Coast king Steven Hunt, as Marvan keeps moving. The Seabreeze is a broad offering pub on a generous block intended as the perfect setting in which

BALGA MAN SENTENCED OVER PUB CAR PARK FATALITY

A man has been sentenced for his role in a fatal punch-up outside the Brook Bar & Bistro last year, after the Danny Green v Anthony Mundine rematch boxing event. In a hearing last week, WA’s District Court heard there

WARDS PUT UP SUPER TROUPER TRUNDLE HOTEL

The commanding Hotel at the centre of the town of Trundle has come to market, overseeing the widest main street in NSW and Australia’s first dedicated ABBA festival. The National Estate-listed Trundle Hotel is a sprawling two-storey brick and timber

NCAT RULES AGAINST ILGA OVER HOTEL LICENCE USE

A recent decision by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has denied ILGA’s challenge around a Young hotel licence, and secured another option for struggling operators. Supermarket disruptor Aldi purchased a dormant hotel liquor licence within the town of Young,

QLD GAMING SHOWS STRONG GROWTH AMID POPULATION BOOM

Queensland’s Office of Liquor & Gaming Regulation recently released a spotlight on the state’s electronic gaming machines and their role in the Sunshine State community. EGMs first became operational in Queensland in February 1992, and were initially owned and monitored

OUTBACK ICON BIRDSVILLE HOTEL RACES TO MARKET

Outback institution the Birdsville Hotel is up for sale – a mere 1,600 kilometres west of Brisbane, and central to Australia’s heart. The picture-postcard heritage-listed sandstone pub adorns Adelaide Street in the far western Queensland town on the edge of

MOUNTAINTOP GRAND CENTRAL COMES TO MARKET

Classic suburban pub the Grand Central Hotel Lithgow has come to market, offering plenty of upside in the Blue Mountains town, west of Sydney. The three-storey Grand Central occupies 951sqm on a prominent Main Street corner, in a somewhat under-pubbed

MELBOURNE PUB GROUP SUE McDONALD’S AROUND THE CORNER

An institutional Melbourne pub group is taking on American fast food giant McDonalds over a copyright and trademark infringement of The Corner. Swancom P/L has for years operated the immensely popular live music venues Northcote Social Club and The Corner