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JUST 11 DAYS TO GAMING EXPO 2017

Posted on August 4th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The 2017 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) will begin in just 11 days – already breaking records as the biggest show ever, as construction begins. Ending a stint at the temporary Glebe Island facility, the AGE will make its triumphant return

JOBS PaTH WIN-WIN FOR HOSPITALITY AND UNEMPLOYED

Posted on August 2nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The National AHA executive has announced a big expansion to its work with the Federal Government’s PaTH program, aiming to help 10,000 young unemployed get a start in the workplace. In 2016 the eight AHA presidents met with Employment Minister

DOOS LOOK TO BE DONE FOR IDYLLIC DUCK INN

Posted on August 2nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The reluctant hero publican of holiday town Marysville has put his prized pub to market, hoping to spend more time enjoying the town he helped rebuild. [caption id="attachment_10552" align="alignright" width="273"] Marysville Hotel after the fire. Image: Facebook[/caption] February 2009 saw

SMOKING BANS & CONSEQUENCES HIT VICTORIA TOMORROW

Posted on July 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Victoria will tomorrow join the rest of Australia, plunged into the toxic quagmire and noxious penalties arising from the ban on smoking in outdoor dining areas. Although it is a decade since the bans on indoor smoking came almost universally

BRAS & KNICKERS OUTBACK ICON DALY WATERS SOLD

Posted on July 26th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Icon of the outback the Daly Waters Hotel, has been sold for an undisclosed amount that included the untold number of women’s bras and undies adorning the walls. The Daly Waters pub – as profiled in PubTIC magazine – is

INJURED SECURITY GUARD SUES COMPANY AND VENUE

Posted on July 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Years after its closure, former guard Fady Taiba is suing Bar 333 and his employer, Prime Security, over injuries sustained in a coward punch by a drunken finance worker. On the evening of Friday, 6 September 2013, Taiba was working

CORKMAN COWBOYS FIRE BACK

Posted on July 21st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The so-called cowboy developers of Carlton’s historic Corkman Irish Pub have further distanced themselves from the mandated rebuild, now suing the planning minister over height limit. Stefce​ Kutlesovski​ and Raman​ Shaqiri purchased the 1858 pub two years ago for $4.76m,

AUSSIE SPEAKER SOLUTION SETTLES MILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT

Posted on July 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Australian company JBN Sound Solutions has become the solution for a $1m lawsuit against a nightclub in Austin for noise disturbance. Austin, Texas is dubbed the Live Music Capital of the World, and boasts an amazing array of performance venues

BROAD CHANGES TO VICTORIAN POKIE REG’S: UPSIDE FOR PUBS

Posted on July 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Victoria has capped numbers and tightened the regulations around poker machines, but much of the news is good for pub operators. The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation Marlene Kairouz announced new arrangements aimed to help “limit gambling-related

THE QUINNY RAZED BUT OWNER NOT DETERRED

Posted on July 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Popular landmark the Quinninup Tavern went up in flames early Saturday morning, but it is not all over for the little pub that could. The Quinninup Tavern, known as The Quinny, was built in 1950 in the emerging logging town