HAMMOND BUILDS ON PUB TRADITION AT NEW VICTORIA FOOTSCRAY

Following the succession of accolades at his Builder’s Arms in Fitzroy, Anthony Hammond has quietly re-opened a Footscray institution, the Victoria Hotel. The humble “corner pub” on Victoria Street is a step away from the high-profile life at the award-winning

LANTERN EXITS SUNSHINE STATE

ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group reports it is on track to turn around, now listing its final Queensland pub as per its strategic divestment of non-core assets. Last week it put to market its freehold interest of Cairns’ iconic Courthouse Hotel,