BRISBANE HOTELS ROBBED AS DRUG DETECTIONS SOAR
Brisbane pubs have seen a recent blight of low-tech cash-grab robberies, with State research showing drug abuse up and alcohol down. The robberies have taken place late at night or even after closing, and each feature two men wielding weapons
POLICE INVESTIGATE “SUSPICIOUS” FIRE IN CLOSED IRISH PUB
Police are treating as suspicious a fire that engulfed the closed-down Corkman Irish Pub early on Saturday. In October, 2014, the pub freehold was put to market through CBRE by a private vendor that had owned it since 1988, with
SUGARMILL PATRON ARRESTED FOR PULLING FAKE GUN
A 23-year-old man has been arrested for drawing and waving around a fake gun in Keystone’s Sugarmill Hotel, in Kings Cross. Around 9:30 on Saturday night in the Sugarmill’s Kit & Kaboodle, the man allegedly pulled the replica pistol out
OSCARS LAUNCH THE PORT INTO DARLING HARBOUR
Oscars Hotels has launched huge new venue The Port in Darling Harbour, bringing a lockout-free Riviera experience to Sydney. Located on the western side of the iconic Darling Harbour foreshore, in the former home of Margaritaville, the all-new pub sports
NORTHIES THROWING BIG SHARKS PARTY SUNDAY
Cronulla faithfuls will be rewarded this weekend with free food and drink at Laundy’s Northies Hotel, as the pub matches shock-jock Kyle Sandilands’ pledge on the Sharks’ win. rLast weekend Australia watched Cronulla’s pride and joy edge out the Melbourne
FORTUNE OF WAR RE-OPENS AFTER RENO
Following months of painstaking, history-stained renovations, Sydney’s oldest pub will re-open tomorrow to serve pub fare for another two centuries. The Rocks’ famous Fortune of War pub closed back in July for a well-earned refurbishment, and owners, Steven Speed’s WDS
PADDY WAGON COP SHOP PUB OPENS TO LEGAL OMENS
New Irish pub Paddy Wagon has opened on the site of the old Glenorchy cop shop, greeted with warnings from the Premier about cutting the number of poker machines in the State. Extensive renovations have transformed the nondescript brick building
CALLIGEROS & CO. TO SELL TOP-10 ACACIA RIDGE HOTEL
Peter Calligeros and Stephen Farley are releasing the massive Acacia Ridge Hotel to a hot Sunshine State market. After landing the trophy asset in mid-2014, business partners Calligeros and Farley have executed a calculated makeover and refresh of the business
TERMINUS ‘GHOST’ PUB TO LIVE AGAIN
Sydney’s time-capsule Terminus Hotel is preparing to reopen, after 30 years of slumber. The Federation style pub on Harris Street, Pyrmont ceased trading in 1986 when the enigmatic Isaac and Susan Wakil purchased and promptly closed it. It has remained
QHA 2016 AWARDS HONOURING ‘MAJOR ROLE’ OF PUBS
The Queensland Hotels Association 2016 Awards for Excellence drew over 1,000 industry professionals to witness the crowning of the State’s best pubs. Dozens of Queensland’s best and brightest compared endeavours in competition for 41 Awards, within Brisbane’s Conference and Exhibition
