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SOLOTEL TAKES ON THE WORLD

Posted on October 4th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Solotel and the Kings Cross Hotel are hosting a takeover by another local nightlife institution and lost Sydney icon, World Bar, on a hot night in November. Over the course of 18 years on Bayswater Road World Bar hosted thousands

CONTROVERSIAL NEWCASTLE RESTRICTIONS TO BE LIFTED IN ‘MATURED’ MARKET

Posted on April 7th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

The infamous Newcastle restrictions will finally be lifted for the first time in 13 years, bringing the city back in line with the rest of the state and ending a protracted era of treating people going out at night “like

RACP CALLS FOR LOCKOUTS PLUS FLOOR PRICING IN NSW

Posted on July 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The leading association of medical specialists has weighed in on the debate over trade restrictions and alcohol availability in NSW, calling on government to keep the lockouts and also introduce minimum pricing. A NSW parliamentary inquiry is currently underway, investigating

LIVE MUSIC CRISIS ‘PROXY’ FOR PROBLEMS AS ELECTION LOOMS

Posted on January 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

Political debate over the politically correct topic of rescuing the live music industry in NSW is heating up in time for the March election, bringing spotlight on the empty stages in licensed venues. After nearly five years languishing under the

QLD LOCKOUTS MAY NOT HAPPEN EVEN AS PATRONS BEHAVE BADLY

Posted on January 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Queensland Government is weighing the need for Stage 2 of its scheduled ‘lockout’ laws, despite patrons continuing to make the news for bad behaviour. On 22 December, just two days before it closed for good as a pub, a

BAIRD EMBRACES DOGS AS SYDNEY SWEATS

Posted on October 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

NSW Premier Mike Baird has rescinded the knee-jerk decision to kill the greyhound industry, admitting he “got it wrong”, but has less sympathy for liquor and hospitality. Yesterday Baird blankly admitted “We got it wrong, I got it wrong, cabinet

MASSIVE RALLY PLANNED TO KEEP SYDNEY OPEN

Posted on September 16th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Following Tuesday’s release of the much-anticipated Callinan Review, Sydneysiders are coming together in a massive rally 9 October to demand government Keep Sydney Open. In February, as the Review into Sydney’s ‘lockout’ licensing laws geared up, over 15,000 people gathered

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