7-YEAR BAN FOR LICENSEE BUT HOTEL AND OWNER SUFFER
Liquor & Gaming NSW has delivered a 7-year ban to the former licensee of the Hotel Orange, following his conviction for commercially growing cannabis. An investigation in 2014 by NSW Police discovered a cannabis set-up deemed to be commercial under
GABS 2017: NEW YEAR, NEW VENUE, SAME SUCCESS
Organisers report another record-breaking GABS in 2017, taking the Sydney event to a new location and repositioned demographic. 2017 was the 7th Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), and the go-to event in Australia for celebrating the craft beverage industry shows
HAWKE’S FIRST 11 MELBOURNE SET TO POUR
Fresh from its first-pour successes in Sydney in April, Hawke’s Brewing Co. has announced the next round of Hawke’s First 11 – the pubs to first see the former Prime Minister’s brew in Melbourne. In early April, a gaggle of
IVY SLUGGED ON SKEWED LIST OF ‘VIOLENT’ VENUES
NSW Liquor & Gaming has released its latest list of the State’s so-called Violent Venues, defending the scheme’s vilification of venues, and contradicting Sydney LAC and sitting MPs. The intent of the Liquor & Gaming Violent Venues scheme is to
PELATHON PUTS NEWER ORANA TO MARKET
Pelathon has listed its burgeoning Lake Macquarie Orana Hotel, as it deploys capital to its expansion in the Sunshine State. Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group (PMG) secured the coastal pub last year, via the estate settlement of long-time owner Malcolm
BEERS AIN’T BEERS: NEAL CAMERON
In a world where beer is no longer simple and the place to enjoy one varies just as widely, acclaimed brewer Neal Cameron has penned some tough love for pubs on how to keep the business of beer flowing.
UK PUB SIGN FRIDAY FUNNIES
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REVISED NSW STRIKES SCHEME ‘ABSOLUTELY FAIR’: LAUNDY
NSW parliament has today announced major changes to licence legislation, including an overhaul of the notorious 3 Strikes scheme that will see existing strikes revoked and future Strikes on the licensee. Minister for Racing Paul Toole announced late today the
BALMAIN EXITS ERSKINEVILLE WITH SWANSON SALE
Hot on the heels of the recent sale of Balmain’s Town Hall, and listing of North Sydney’s historic Greenwood, Balmain Pub Group announce the sale of its inner-west Swanson Hotel. Located on Swanson St, Erskineville, the former Kurrajong Hotel saw
OXFORD SCHOLAR HOTEL VICTIM TO MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND RAIL
The popular Oxford Scholar Hotel in the heart of Melbourne is struggling to stay in business, amid major underground rail project works and no love from authorities. Publican Malcolm Wulf has been operating the Oxford Scholar since 1991 and relies
