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GAMBLING ACT CHANGES FOR VICTORIAN PUBLICANS

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The VCGLR has announced changes to Victorian gaming regulations, which include an increase to the non-cash payout figure for EGM credits. The Gambling Regulation Amendment Act was passed in Victorian parliament 30 November last year. Some changes to the Act

DIXON GROUP REBRANDS AND BUYS UP

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Dixon Hospitality Group has hit 2018 running, with a new group name and deals for two new northern venues into the stable. The Victorian-based hotel group fronted by former Spotless director Bruce Dixon has rebranded to Australian Venue Co (AVC),

PUBS DOWN OVER $150k DUE TO FRAUD

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Two men have been charged over fraud offences committed on hotels, with losses totalling more than $150,000. In May 2016, 33-year-old Francesco Donato Giannone went on a gambling spree, visiting three pubs in Mount Gambier. At his recent hearing, the

MUGS WANTED OVER UNPROVOKED BASHING IN ASCOT VALE

Posted on January 15th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian police are hunting for three men involved in a unprovoked and pathetic group bashing of another man within a Melbourne pub. CCTV (below) shows four or five men accosting 55-year-old grandfather Tony McDonald on the evening of Sunday, 13

IRIS’ MASSIVE KINGS CROSS DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOURBON

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s expansive Iris Capital has lodged plans for a massive residential and hospitality development in Kings Cross to replace The Bourbon and Empire Hotels and surrounds. Around the group’s 2015 purchase of The Bourbon from Chris Cheung, Arnaout orchestrated

FUNLAB TO LAUNCH KINGS CROSS HOLEY MOLEY

Posted on December 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Funlab is set to open its eighth instalment of putt-putt pub Holey Moley, in the rapidly gentrifying precinct of Kings Cross. The Holey Moley sensation began in 2016, the first venue opening in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, followed in April this

RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE DEMONSTRATE CHANCE

Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
A spate of unlikely violent incidents highlights the unpredictable nature of random acts by people on people, and the near-impossible ask of controlling for everything. In September, 18-year-old Brody David Marston went to the Currimundi Hotel with his brother, drinking

THE FIDDLER GOES TO NEXT LEVEL WITH 78-ROOM ACCOMMODATION

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Lewis Hotel Group has landed approval to take The Fiddler to another level, with plans for a four-storey 78-room accommodation wing to the big Hills district pub. The large-format The Fiddler at the intersection of Commercial and Windsor Roads Rouse

ARK GROUP OPEN BIG NEW MARKET GROUNDS PUB

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
ARK Group has unveiled its huge new pub Market Grounds in Perth’s Kings Square, ready to capitalise on the future potential in the Perth City Link precinct. The big Market Grounds is located on the site of the former Perth

VCGLR ROLLING OUT E-LICENCE SYSTEM FOR RENEWALS

Posted on December 6th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
It’s liquor licence renewal time, and Victorian licensees and permit-holders are being invited to step up to the new ‘eLicence’ system. Licensees and permit-holders in Victoria are receiving their renewal notice in the mail this month. Renewal fees are due