NEW GAMING MACHINE REG’S FOR NSW AND VICTORIAN OPERATORS
Both NSW and Victorian regulators have announced new regulations for EGMs and gaming venues, strengthening governance and harm-minimisation. The Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) has introduced a new audit process intended to improve the accuracy and completeness of
SOUTHS RABBITOHS JOIN ALLARA FOR HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAM
Hospitality training specialist Allara Learning has teamed with the Rabbitohs to launch the Strive for Success program, helping NSW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders gain employment in pubs. Allara Learning delivers tailored training solutions and nationally-recognised qualifications to hospitality businesses
COLOSIMO’S AUSTRALIAN BREWERY GROWS SOLAR AND PRODUCTION
The Colosimo’s Australian Brewery at Rouse Hill is growing into the future, rolling out a large-scale solar initiative alongside its expanded capacity and recent news of wider distribution. The operation is celebrating a record year in 2017, increasing sales volumes
NORMANBY ON RED HILL CHARGES TO MARKET
Brisbane institution the Normanby Hotel has hit the market, boasting a big block development opportunity and more upsides than Maroons supporters in Sydney. Michael Dempsey and Otto Wilhelm have co-owned the heritage-listed Normanby on Red Hill adjacent to Suncorp Stadium
LAZARUS LAUNCHES SHOAL BAY COUNTRY CLUB ON THE BEACH
Formerly Sydney-based publican Andrew Lazarus has unveiled the stunning restoration of his sea-change pub, the Shoal Bay Country Club. Proprietor of well-known Sydney venues such as the Eastern and El Toro, Lazarus bought Hamilton’s Beaumont Exchange Hotel from the fading
VENUES WIN IN TASMANIAN POKIES ELECTION
Tasmania’s election – aka the state referendum on poker machines – has ended with a decisive win by the incumbent Liberal government, with its plans to keep them. For several months news on the pending Tasmanian state election has been
AVC CONTINUES GROWTH VIA O’BRIENS AND PRINCE ALFRED HOTEL
[caption id="attachment_12584" align="alignright" width="178"] Prince Alfred Hotel[/caption] The acquisitive Australian Venue Company is extending its working relationship with the O’Brien family, taking on the lease at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Richmond’s bustling Church Street. Australian Venue Company (AVC) –
LIDDYS LIST ENGADINE TAVERN AFTER 39 YEARS
After 39 years, the Liddy family is parting with the sprawling Engadine Tavern, set on 5,576sqm in an “under-pubbed” south-western Sydney precinct. The Liddys purchased the pub in 1979, Engadine at the time a growing residential area following a large-scale
IMPERIAL MEETS MARK FOR MARDI GRAS
Following an extensive eight month $6m renovation, Fraser Short and Scott Leach tonight reopen Erskineville’s fabled Imperial Hotel, birthplace of Priscilla, right on time for Mardi Gras 2018. Known around the world for its starring role in Priscilla: Queen of
PHMG CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF GASTRO AT BISTRO MONCUR
A quarter century after he jump-started the gastro pub movement in Australia, chef Damien Pignolet returns to PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur for a special event and commemorative month. On 3 March 1993 the doors first swung open to
