CHALKBOARD WISDOM
A few gems to inspire chalkboard writers around Australia.
LOCKOUT CLOSES DOORS ON DARLING HARBOUR BAR
Well-known Darling Harbour bar La Cita has closed citing the “radical” drop in business due to the Sydney CBD ‘lockout’ laws. CRS Insolvency Services has been appointed, after approximately $580,000 of debt was accumulated before the owners determined to file
LICENSEE PENALISED FOR STRING OF OFFENCES
A Port Macquarie licensee has copped fines and disqualification for ‘unacceptable’ behaviour. Monique Louise Turner, licensee of the Settlers Inn Hotel, pleaded guilty in Port Macquarie Local Court to seven offences under gaming and liquor laws. She was disqualified from
PUB BARON OFFLOADS PRIME BRISBANE HOTEL
One of Australia’s biggest pub operators, Bruce Mathieson, has sold a Brisbane CBD accommodation hotels to a Singapore investor for $29.5 million. [caption id="attachment_2888" align="alignright" width="425"] Rendezvous Hotel George St. Image: Google maps[/caption] The 13-storey 99-room Rendezvous-branded hotel sold in
NAVY TRAIN LEAVES PORTS AND HOTELS HAPPY
The US Navy gravy train has just rolled out of another Australian city after further boosting of relations and the hospitality sector. A flotilla of American naval vessels have been docking in Australian ports ahead of the biennial Talisman Sabre
LIQUOR STORE CLOSING TIME LAWS UNDER REVIEW
The OLGR has undertaken to perform a comprehensive review of the benefits and impacts of the forced 10pm bottleshop closure law, to the relief of industry and warning cries from anti-liquor advocates. The NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing
NANNY LAWS IN SENATE FIRING LINE AS ‘RIGHT TO CHOICE’ DEFENDED
Backlash against the “nanny state” has reached parliament, with Senator David Leyonhjelm launching a Senate Inquiry into laws and regulations that restrict people doing things at their own risk. Leyonhjelm is a Liberal Democrat senator elected to parliament in the
RACING RIGHTS ROW HEATS UP AS THEIR VALUE DROPS
The long-running stoush over Victorian horse racing has entered a new stage with the AHA calling for a moratorium on fees to venues. The agreement between Tabcorp and the Victorian thoroughbred racing industry expired 31 December, 2012, and has been
‘ARMED’ HOLD-UP BANDIT FOILED
Police in Queensland are investigating the attempted ‘armed’ hold-up of a Brisbane pub, after a man demanded cash and threatened a staffer with a finger-pistol in his jacket. The weapon-less man entered the ALH-run Pub Lane Tavern just before closing
BIG BUSINESS BITES LANTERN HOTELS DIRECTORS AS STAKEHOLDERS OUST OLD FOR NEW
The bottom line has hit the directors of ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group, as big shareholders succeed in ousting them in favour of more experience and the promise of potential. Millinium Asset Services served Lantern (LTN) notice in April it was