Australian venues are being invited to be part of a music first – the world’s largest simultaneous listening party, playing the debut of the highly anticipated second album of pop superstar, Lorde. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor – better known by her stage name, Lorde – was born in New Zealand in late 1996. Performing since […]
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Developer Dyldam has gotten one step closer to its plans for building over 300 new apartments around big-block western Sydney hotels. Two major development applications have passed with the Sydney West Planning Panel for mixed-use projects including residential at the sites of Paramatta’s Lone Star Tavern and Baulkham Hills’ Bull & Bush. Dyldam purchased the
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NSW Liquor & Gaming is inviting stakeholders to submit ideas on the State’s Local Impact Assessment scheme, ahead of a pending review. For nearly a decade the NSW regulator has exercised the Local Impact Assessment (LIA) system as part of Government’s wider control over the movement and concentration of gaming machines. The LIA sees local
As Sydney freeholds continue to sell like hotcakes, a private investor has landed the deeds to Chippendale’s Duck Inn. Tucked into Chippendale’s Rose St, a stone’s throw from Sydney University, the Duck Inn Pub & Kitchen is a popular gastro pub that in recent years has been owned by a syndicate of five passive
Sydney stalwart publican Bill Smith has teamed up with Sam Smith to buy ‘locals pub’ the Alfred Hotel, in city-fringe Camperdown. Established in 1939, the Alfred was originally the Grose Farm Hotel, built in Art Deco style with curved walls and parallel lines, and the quintessential wall tiles, in burnt yellow and green. Situated on
Increased awareness of the issue of sexual harassment has given rise to initiatives in licensed venues around the world, aiming to let venues assist the innocent. Several such initiatives have begun in Australia, following the lead of UK and the USA. Last year in Britain, a council began a scheme whereby customers (typically female) could
After considerable controversy, Sorrento’s legendary Continental Hotel has closed – to be rejuvenated and reopened as part of a big redevelopment for the awakening seaside community. The imposing and picturesque Continental Hotel, dubbed The Conti, and the ‘essence’ of Sorrento, is the only four-storey limestone structure in the Southern Hemisphere, boasting over 3,500 m² of
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Melbourne Magistrates’ Court has downgraded the murder charge and granted bail to the man accused of killing teenager Patrick Cronin with a punch to the head, in a brawl in Windy Creek Hotel. Justice Karin Emerton has been hearing the committal hearing of 33-year-old Andrew William Lee, who presented himself to police two days after
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Heineken is again responding to global trends, with the release of a specially-brewed no-alcohol beer. The all-new Heineken 0.0 was launched last weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, with an integrated marketing campaign and tagline ‘Open to All’ – based around the inclusiveness of the zero-alcohol beer. Willem van Waesberghe, Heineken Global Craft & Brew
Fitzroy’s Perseverance Hotel was evacuated in the early hours of Sunday morning, when around 20 patrons were overcome by a “toxic gas” on the dancefloor. Police were already in attendance at Dixon Group’s nightclub Perseverance, responding to a report of a fight within the Hotel, when a number of people began fleeing the dancefloor area,
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