INJURED SECURITY GUARD SUES COMPANY AND VENUE
Years after its closure, former guard Fady Taiba is suing Bar 333 and his employer, Prime Security, over injuries sustained in a coward punch by a drunken finance worker. On the evening of Friday, 6 September 2013, Taiba was working
NEW OWNER SOUGHT FOR CROSSROADS HOTEL
Narrabri’s Crossroads Hotel has come to market, boasting a big operation, two-dozen 4-star rooms and its very own bowling alley. On the stretch of the Newall Highway where it crosses the Kamilaroi Highway, the Crossroads Hotel occupies a generous 1,677m²
REGIONAL STAR MULGILDIE PUB UP FOR GRABS
After 14 years, the owners of one of Queensland’s most colourful country pubs have called time, listing their self-made landmark in the sleepy town of Mulgildie. Artist-publican Julie South and husband Tony Davenport were nearly not the owners of postcard
HETHERINGTON-MULLINS LIST BIG-FORMAT GUNYAH HOTEL
Three league legends have called time and listed their long-held Gunyah Hotel in Lake Macquarie – still building on a recent big renovation. Hetherington brothers Brett and Jason and family have owned the Gunyah with Canberra Raiders’ Brett Mullins and
HISTORIC WELDBOROUGH HOTEL TO RIDE AGAIN
The tiny and historic Weldborough Hotel is on the path to a big revival courtesy of some local entrepreneurs, good use of its ancestry, and a whole lot of mountain bikes. The Hotel is the sole pub in the modest
CORKMAN COWBOYS FIRE BACK
The so-called cowboy developers of Carlton’s historic Corkman Irish Pub have further distanced themselves from the mandated rebuild, now suing the planning minister over height limit. Stefce Kutlesovski and Raman Shaqiri purchased the 1858 pub two years ago for $4.76m,
THESPIANS SCORE CARLTON’S TRENDY ASTOR HOTEL, AKA PERCY’S
A couple boasting background in the performance arts, education and several Victorian pubs have quietly secured trendy Carlton local the Astor Hotel. Ilona Phyland and Darran Smith have been operating the Astor, the business reflecting Smith’s influence as a professional
RETURN OF THE FAT LAMB
Five years after it was lost to fire, the historic Fat Lamb Hotel in Eugowra will soon phoenix, brought back to life one brick at a time. The town of Eugowra, about four hours’ drive due west of Sydney, lost
AUSSIE SPEAKER SOLUTION SETTLES MILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT
Australian company JBN Sound Solutions has become the solution for a $1m lawsuit against a nightclub in Austin for noise disturbance. Austin, Texas is dubbed the Live Music Capital of the World, and boasts an amazing array of performance venues
3 MEN STABBED AT ROCKSIA HOTEL BY LOCAL WITH BIG KNIFE
A man has been charged and two remain in hospital following a rampage at the Rocksia Hotel in Arncliffe where an evicted patron returned to seek revenge with a knife. A 37-year-old local man came to the Feros Group’s Rocksia
