FOOD TRUMPS POKIES IN THE OLD BUSH
Great pub grub is taking hold in the regions, with the Old Bush Inn ditching its pokies to make room for more hungry patrons. Taking over the iconic pub – South Australia’s second-oldest – in late 2014, Gavin Collings and
TAMWORTH PUBS ROCKED BY COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL
[caption id="attachment_4839" align="alignright" width="248"] Mick Lindsay at The Pub[/caption] Australia’s biggest music festival has begun for 2016, with Tamworth pubs reaping the rewards of hordes of live music fans flooding the town. The 44th annual Tamworth Country Music Festival kicked
PC REPORT WIN FOR HOTEL INDUSTRY
The Productivity Commission’s enquiry into Workplace Relations is complete, with big wins for the hospitality industry now in the hands of Federal Government. The enquiry was commissioned by the former Treasurer, and sought to assess the performance of the Workplace
USA PRAISE FOR OZ SET TO BOOST TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
Australian pubs may want to crank up the Americana, as the leading travel magazine in the USA just voted Down Under as its ‘Destination of the Year’. Deemed a great honour, the Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) magazine, which is read
FOSTER’S SUED IN US FOR BEING ‘UN-AUSTRALIAN’
Foster’s in the USA is being sued for being ‘un-Australian’ after a fan of the beer discovered his drink was made in Texas. New Yorker Leif Nelson was reportedly ‘devastated’ to learn that his favourite lager, marketed in the States
MELBOURNE EMBRACES 24-HOUR AS SYDNEY FADES
While Sydney’s late-night economy devolves as a result of a draconian, prohibitive response to antisocial behaviour, Melbourne is embracing a spread of trading hours with sweeping change. For more than a decade Victorian Police have identified what they call the
LIQUOR REGULATORS TRANSFORMING TO MEET NSW & VIC INDUSTRY CLIMATES
As Australia’s two biggest cities diverge on their approaches to undesirable aspects of the alcohol industry and the late-night economy, their hospitality regulators are similarly transforming. Late 2015 the Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) issued the report
DARLING DOWNS DARLING BURNS AND CLAIMS PATRON
[caption id="attachment_4814" align="alignright" width="464"] Photo: website[/caption] The all too common scenario of a regional pub taken by flames recently saw the end of Pittsworth’s Tattersalls Club Hotel and a short-stay resident inside. Around 2:30am last Thursday, fire alarms sounded a
BELL TOLLS FOR FLOOD SURVIVOR IPSWICH PUB
After 82 years operation by a loyal family, a landmark Queensland pub has closed until the right “publican who can love her” comes along. More than once the Bremer River has burst its banks and flooded the town of Ipswich,
DIXON GOBBLES DRINK ‘N’ DINE TO BEGIN NSW EXPANSION
One of the most acquisitive pub groups of 2015 has burst into NSW with the purchase of the Drink’n’Dine portfolio. After rapid expansion including the lump purchase of all 17 pubs and head office operations of Open Door Pub Co