HAMMOND BUILDS ON PUB TRADITION AT NEW VICTORIA FOOTSCRAY
Following the succession of accolades at his Builder’s Arms in Fitzroy, Anthony Hammond has quietly re-opened a Footscray institution, the Victoria Hotel. The humble “corner pub” on Victoria Street is a step away from the high-profile life at the award-winning
IVY COULD BE REDEVELOPED INTO ACCOMMODATION HOTEL
Merivale has responded to implications the days of ivy are numbered, clarifying news to demolish the site in favour of an accommodation hotel are “still so far from final” and it is business as usual. Justin Hemmes’ bought the site
COP STABBED AND PERP SHOT DEAD IN MAROUBRA HOTEL
Maroubra Junction Hotel was in turmoil on Australia Day, as a mis-handled arrest led to one officer being stabbed twice and the perpetrator shot dead in a crowded beer garden. After failing to appear in Penrith Court last Wednesday to
BALD FACED TENANTS EVICTED AMID SCANDAL
Just eight months after taking the keys, the tenants of the Bald Faced Stag have been evicted over claims of late rent and unpaid bills. After a stint on the market, Ulladulla Property Services P/L took on the operation late
GABS HOTTEST 100 CRAFT BEERS 2018: NEW AND TRENDING
Back for its tenth big year, the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers list was released over the Australia Day weekend. (full list below) Saturday saw over 45 events held around the country, with patrons partaking
GAMING EXPO AND SEMINARS SET FOR BIG 2018
The Australasian Gaming Expo for 2018 will take place in August, and already registration is open and over three-quarters of the exhibition space has been filled. Returning for the second year to its home in Darling Harbour, at the new
SYDNEY PUB ICONS CLOSING FOR DEVELOPMENT
As tourism-driven capex continues to flow into Australia’s cities, two Sydney institutions call time ahead of ambitious developments. Jacksons on George has stood at the gateway to The Rocks since 1986, at times considered a rite of passage of youth
RIVER ROYAL BACK – AND BACK ON MARKET
Local mining identity Dale McNamara is parting with his painstakingly restored Morpeth pub, the River Royal Inn, having breathed life back into the drowned historic building. A ‘super storm’ in early 2015 brought a wall of water crashing through the
WAGGA PUBS DRIVING VIOLENCE DOWN AND DROUGHT RELIEF NORTH
Wagga publicans are driving change, banning trouble-makers precinct-wide and supplying aid to drought-stricken farmers. The hoteliers and licensees of the city of around 54,000 banded together eight years’ ago to form the Wagga Liquor Accord. They further undertook a ‘banned
VIC REGULATORS BLOCK ALH EGM APPLICATION
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has upheld a ruling by VCGLR to deny ALH the 40 EGMs applied for at the Commercial Hotel, South Morang. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) had requested the gaming machines for the Commercial, which
