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MATHIESON SELLS FLOUNDERING CAPTAIN

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Mathieson has sold the intrepid Captain Cook Hotel for around half what he paid two years ago, recycling the gaming credentials as the prominent Paddington pub goes into drydock. The four-storey Federation-style Captain Cook was built in 1914, overseeing

VGCCC PUNISHES TABCORP AND 13 VENUES

Posted on June 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has handed gaming giant Tabcorp penalties of more than $370K and is pursuing venues involved, over the case of an autistic teenager perpetrating a 17-month betting spree. After enquiries revealed a 17-year-old placed bets at more than a

CHEF SUES ALH OVER FREEZER SLIP AND FALL

Posted on June 7th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A chef of Highfields Tavern is suing Australian Leisure & Hospitality for compensation over a claim he slipped on ice in the freezer and seriously injured his shoulder. Larry Owen McPaul alleges the pub’s owner, ALH Group, failed in its

UNDIES BANDIT ON THE LOOSE

Posted on May 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A would-be bandit wearing budgie smugglers on his head is on the run from police, after an attempted hold-up of a pub in Port Melbourne. According to police, the man entered ALH’s Rex Hotel around 2.15am on Wednesday, 22 May.

RYE COPS $80k IN FINES AND A FORCED EXIT

Posted on February 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The VGCCC has wielded the axe at the Rye, issuing $80k in fines and taking scalps over two integrity breaches and an attempt to cover up misdoings at the pub*. At the Rye Hotel, in early 2022 senior staff falsified

ALH COMES TO RURAL AID

Posted on February 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has partnered with leading agriculture charity Rural Aid to raise money for Aussie farmers doing it tough. The “Parma for a Farmer” initiative will see $1 from each chicken parmigiana sold throughout February donated toward

REGULATOR HITS ALH WITH MASSIVE FINE AND ORDERS TABCORP CASHLESS

Posted on January 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Victoria’s regulator has wielded the axe again, fining the country’s biggest pub operator nearly half a million dollars, and forcing Tabcorp to make most of its betting terminals cashless. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has fined Australian

ALH GETS NOD TO BUY RYE

Posted on December 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s largest publican, ALH, is clawing back in its plan to turn the balance sheet around, securing approval by the ACCC to proceed with purchase of Victorian landmark the Rye Hotel. ASX-listed Endeavour (ASX:EDV) agreed in June to purchase the

ALH ROLLING OUT HEART-STARTERS

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
ALH and a former Wiggle have teamed up to save lives through the rollout of defibrillators in more than 350 hotels across the country. This week Endeavour Group, parent company to Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), announced a new partnership

MATHIESON CLAIMS BOARD SINKING ENDEAVOUR

Posted on October 4th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A billion-dollar stoush has begun between the board of hotel and liquor retailing giant Endeavour and its largest shareholder, Bruce Mathieson, based in the mismanagement of the company. Endeavour holds a portfolio of over 350 pubs and clubs through its