The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has painted a somewhat rosy picture of the role of The Star in alcohol-related violence in Sydney. Today releasing data from the beginning of 2009 until December 2015, the figures on recorded assaults present a fairly clear before and after picture, despite covering less than two years […]
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Gold Coast gold mine Melba’s on the Park has sold for a sunny $12.5 million to former Sydney publican Bob El’s Leda Holdings. Vendor George Fleming had owned the Gold Coast institution for several years, and executed a massive reinvigoration that brought about huge increases in the business, including a 245 per cent increase in
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Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. 19-year-old Patrick Cronin was reportedly helping a mate who had been knocked over and was being trampled as the brawl, which involved
One of Australia’s most famous outback pubs is for sale, boasting a 600-kilometre patron catchment and a room full of ladies’ underwear. Daly Waters was once Australia’s piece of the Wild West, with its history of murders and shootouts in the main street. But for some time the Daly Waters Pub has been more of
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A large brawl in a quiet pub on the outskirts of Melbourne has left an innocent teenager fighting for life in hospital. Victorian Police this morning issued a report announcing that 19-year-old Patrick Cronin is on life support due to injuries sustained at The Windy Mile hotel on Saturday night. The pub was the scene
The independent review into the controversial trade restrictions in Sydney and across NSW prompted a swath of submissions including the AHA’s call to drop the “poor policy” in favour of evidence-based policies. The Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC was appointed by the NSW Government to oversee the review into the 1:30am lockout and 3am last
The Blackwood Hotel, just north of the Lerderderg State Forest, is conducting investigations into activity on the premises involving spirits of inhabitants past. Owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch took over the old pub just over a year ago, and are convinced there are ghosts at the Blackwood. “There’s definitely an energy here,” Boyd told
After five years’ negotiation the ‘biggest pub in Australia’ has begun plans to get much bigger. The Comiskey Group launched the magnificent Eatons Hill Hotel in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Occupying a large chunk of a six hectare block just north of Brisbane, the Hotel was focussed from the outset on an all-encompassing patron experience.
The idyllic beachside Indian Ocean Hotel has hit the market after 30 years’ operation by a local family. Following the passing of the father and long-time publican, his sons determined the best way forward was sale through independent managers and HLB Mann Judd was appointed to execute the divestment. “After the death of the majority
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The family-run Matthews Hotel Group has rescued an historic local watering hole, the Maylands Hotel. Matthews Hotel Group (MHG) has owned and operated South Australian pubs for over 70 years and patriarch Scott Matthews told PubTIC they are excited about the chance to the hotel to its former glory. “As a family, we decided to
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