CLOSE SHAVE FOR LAUNDY
The Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave continues as one of the world’s great charitable initiatives, this year counting Arthur Laundy and grandchildren into the ranks of the bald. The World’s Greatest Shave began in Lismore in 1998, inspired by a
HAY POINT HOTEL FOR SALE AS BOOM LOOMS
The huge Hay Point Hotel is being offered to market, as the massive Queensland coal industry picks up steam through the Hay Point Port. The Hay Point Hotel Motel is a big Queenslander, occupying a 2.025-Ha (20,250sqm) oceanfront site in
SCANDALOUS WIN FOR BEST STEAK SANDWICH
The hotly contested competition to find the best expression of the humble Steak Sandwich throughout WA has been fought – and controversially won by a ring-in. Every year the Australian Hotels Association (WA) proudly sponsors the quest for WA’s Best
MASSIVE MERIVALE MONTH AS SYDNEY NIGHTLIFE LOOKS TO REVIVAL
Merivale has announced a monster Happy Hour throughout June across all its venues – as the City of Sydney convenes the much-awaited Nightlife Advisory Panel. For all of June, the trailblazing Merivale presents Bottoms Up, Sydney, offering 49 per cent
SOUTH MELBOURNE’S THE MONTY SELLS – AGAIN
Just weeks after the freehold sold, Bon Vivant Group has sold its lease at South Melbourne’s popular local The Montague. In February the Fermanis family announced the sale of the freehold of the Park Street pub, following an unsolicited offer
BIMBO DELUXE RAZED OVERNIGHT
A fire has gutted Colonial Leisure Group’s inner-Melbourne institution Bimbo Deluxe overnight. Emergencies services were called to the Brunswick Street pub around 1:20am, and 24 firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours. The fire is said to have been
REGULATOR CONVICTS WAGERING COMPANY AND WARNS OF FUTURE
Liquor & Gaming NSW has announced the conviction of wagering company Neds, ahead of massive increases to penalties to rogue companies breaching NSW gambling advertising laws. Neds.com.au faced Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Tuesday (15 May), pleading guilty
HILTON’S LONG-HELD QUAKERS INN SELLS
Local identity and horseracing enthusiast Bill Hilton has sold his twice-built and long-run Quakers Inn for $24 million. Hilton built the large-format Quakers Inn back in 1991, with then business partner Nick Peters. Peters was the face of Peters Meats,
RISK MONITORING SYSTEM ROLLED OUT AHEAD OF TIME IN SA PUBS
South Australia is boasting another successful step in responsible service of gaming with the no-cost introduction of Automated Risk Monitoring across all the State’s pubs and clubs. South Australia has had its Central Monitoring System in place since 1994, where
CORRIGANS PUT UP REVIVED DOODLE COOMA ARMS
The heroes of Henty, who rescued and revived the town’s only pub, have listed it to pursue attempts to return to a life of normality. Henty is a town of around 1200 souls, midway between Albury and Wagga Wagga, in
