NSW OFFERS FREE DIGITAL RSA & RCG LICENCES
The NSW Government is leading the way in all-encompassing digital technology, announcing free digital RSA and RCG licences courtesy of a partnership between Liquor & Gaming and Service NSW. RSA and RCG competency cards are required for the more than
DOVE & OLIVE INTRODUCES SAUCY NEW BEER TO MARKET
The passion for crafted beers has bred another entrant to a tasty market, with Sauce Brewing Co launching last Friday in the Good Beer Company’s Dove & Olive. Sauce is the inspiration of former corporate professional Mike Clarke, who has
AUSWILDS TO DIVEST UPSIDE FIGTREE HOTEL
As investor attentions continue in high-performing regional landmarks, the Auswild family is divesting its long-held Figtree Hotel, managed by the Waugh Group. Siblings Barbara and James Auswild own pubs including the Rose Bay and Wollongong’s big Figtree. The large-format pub
DOCKLANDS’ WOOLSHED PUB UP IN FLAMES
A fire at the famous Woolshed Pub in Melbourne’s Docklands has closed the business indefinitely, as operators assess the severely damaged building. On Friday afternoon around 3pm smoke was spotted coming from the roof of the hotel. Emergency services were
VIOLENT PATRONS BETTER OFF IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Trial results of very similar cases of antisocial behaviour in pubs in NSW and Queensland show very different outcomes for perpetrators. A man (who cannot be named for legal reasons) was at a Laidley pub with his wife and children
GOVT TO TIGHTEN RULES AROUND ONLINE BETTING
Federal legislation to close loopholes in the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA) and protect venues from online in-play betting has passed the first step in parliament. The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 was introduced to the House of Representatives last Thursday
FIVE DOCK HITS MARKET AS LANTERN DOWN TO FOUR
Hot on the heels of highly profitable divestments, Lantern has listed its best pub onto the opportunity-starved market. After 12 months of shedding assets, in pursuit of a turnaround strategy that has transformed into a complete sell-down as market frenzy
FALSE HOPETOUN FOR SYDNEY’S LIVE MUSIC SCENE
In an anticlimactic twist for Sydney’s live music industry, the fabled and long-closed Hopetoun Hotel has not been sold, and its owner has no immediate intention to reopen it. Stories emerged on Wednesday that Surry Hills standard The Hopetoun had
NO BULL FOR DYLDAM TO DEMO HERITAGE PUB
The historic and sprawling Bull & Bush Hotel will see the wrecking ball, after Council voted in favour of Sydney-based developer Dyldam’s plans to demolish it and build three residential towers. The corner site of Windsor and Seven Hills Roads
PHMG LAUNCH MORE MONCUR, DEBUT MOSMAN
The Waugh’s Public House Management Group has officially opened the Mosman chapter of Bistro Moncur, in the newly renovated The Buena. Bistro Moncur Mosman expands on the preeminent installation at PHMG’s Woollahra Hotel, one of the original champions of the