GOVT RELEASES GAMBLING SURVEY 2019

The NSW Government today released a major new study into gambling in NSW commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Fund. The NSW Gambling Survey 2019 questioned 10,000 people on gambling in the past 12 months. It found overall levels of gambling

ST JAMES DONS NEW ROBES FOR MILESTONE BIRTHDAY

Maloney Hotel Group’s hidden gem, the tri-level St James Hotel, is celebrating a makeover and its 15th year of extended trading with an extended party. Industry stalwart Kim Maloney bought the building at 114 Castlereagh Street in the early noughties,

LION HOTEL & OFFICE BLOCK HITS MARKET

Pride of Adelaide, the acclaimed Lion Hotel, has come to market along with an adjoining office block. The heritage-listed pub was built in North Adelaide in 1871, originally trading as a brewery and malt house. SA hoteliers Tim Gregg and

TARA TWINS ON OFFER

The twin titles of Tara’s two hotels in southern Queensland have come to market as a package deal, as the Brauer family looks to exit the game. Tara township is found in the Western Downs, 300 kilometres due west of

REDCAPE’S CABRAMATTA REVEALED

Redcape Hotel Group has made good on aspirational plans at its top-performing Cabramatta Hotel with a multi-million-dollar renovation and community tilt. In late 2017 RHG negotiated a deal with landlords the Bowden family for the $45 million purchase of the

LIQUOR & GAMING PRESENTS ACCORD CONFERENCE AND STRATEGY

Liquor & Gaming NSW last week held its Liquor Accord Conference for 2019, also announcing its Program Strategy for the coming years, and Governance & Operational tools. More than 150 liquor industry stakeholders met with L&G representatives in Sydney to

ALH TAKES TWO ROCKS

The Woolworths-backed ALH has emerged as buyer for the elegant ‘Tavern @ The Rocks’ in a major growth corridor out of Perth. The Tavern overlooks Two Rocks Marina, at the northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area, offering a large-format

AUSTRALIANS VOTE ON ALL THINGS CRAFT BEER 2019

Craft beer crazies Beer Cartel have released the 2019 edition of their award-winning Australian Craft Beer Survey, with the latest trends in preferred brewers and styles. Beer Cartel was started as an online-only business in a storage shed in 2009

RIVERSDALE RIDES ELEPHANT TO MARKET

Riversdale-operated Australian Pub Fund has listed its Brisbane behemoth The Elephant for sale as part of its “ongoing disposal strategy”. The $300 million pub investment vehicle created by business moguls John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon, APF purchased the

BALMAIN’S CAT & FIDDLE FINDS NEW LIFE

The Cat is back with a hat, sporting a shiny new coat, gun chef and all-new outlook on life. Balmain institution the Cat & Fiddle is a two-storey brick interwar pub on a corner of arterial Darling Street. After generations