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NEW TECH MAKES BILL-SPLITTING EASY FOR VENUES AND PATRONS

Posted on January 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

A new smartphone App could help both venues and patrons, promising to solve the age-old problem of groups wanting to split their bill. Groupee is a free App for Android and iPhones, which facilitates payment by groups of up to

HISTORIC PICTON PUB STILL CLOSED DUE TO INSURANCE DISSENTION

Posted on January 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

A pub in south-west Sydney remains closed after seven months, as its insurance refuses to pay on a claim for damage caused by floods. On 5 June last year, the suburb of Picton, on the edge of the Blue Mountains

ALH’S CROXTON PARK COULD SEE CLAIM FOR PAIN IN THE NECK

Posted on January 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

ALH’s Croxton Park Hotel in Thornbury could see a lawsuit by a former employee, seeking unspecified damages for an injury sustained in March, 2006. The Herald Sun reports that former barmaid Bianca Elizabeth Carlesi is suing the Hotel, claiming she

FLINDERS’ HAWKER HOTEL TWIXT LICENCE AND OBLIVION

Posted on January 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Hawker Hotel, sole pub of the gateway town to the Flinders Ranges, closed suddenly due to “clerical errors” and now fallen into receivership. The pub is the pride of the tiny town of Hawker, and the last stop for

PHMG’S WOOLLAHRA PLAYS HOST TO ‘RITCHIES’ LEGEND

Posted on January 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Woollahra Hotel played host to the 2017 tribute to cricketing legend Richie Benaud, assembling around 200 ‘Ritchies’ sporting wig, microphone and the obligatory cream suit. Fans of one of Australia’s most revered icons of the game came to 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

ST KILDA’S GREYHOUND HOTEL SUDDENLY CLOSES

Posted on January 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

Despite community efforts to save it, St Kilda’s famous Greyhound Hotel announced its immediate closure on 6 January. The pub boasts a history of more than 160 years, and in recent times became an institution for the LGBTQ community, hosting

LEWIS HOTELS INTO LALOR PARK FOR CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Another big Sydney pub with oodles of potential has changed hands, with John Lewis adding to his western suburbs stable with the Lalor Park Hotel. The large suburban pub occupies 3,048 m² on busy Sackville Street, minutes from Blacktown CBD

COLES CAUGHT IN $1 POKIES BET BLOOPER

Posted on December 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Wesfarmers’ subsidiary Coles has found itself the meat in a $1 sandwich, between anti-gaming advocates pushing consideration of poker machine reform and the realities of a complex industry. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) opened a hornet’s nest with news that