BIKIE GANGS RUN AMOK IN PUBS AS THEY FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE
Hotels around the country continue to be the scene of “childish” behaviour at the hands of motorcycle gangs, as they flaunt laws against their existence. Members of the Rebels ‘outlaw motorcycle gang’ (OMCG) recently faced Penrith Local Court over the
BRAHIMI COMES TO THE FOUR IN PADDINGTON
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has reopened one of Australia’s most renowned foodie pubs, under guidance of superstar chef Guillaume Brahimi. Less than a hundred metres from Brahimi’s eponymous French bistro, Guillaume, is the two-hatted gastro pub The Four
DIXON’S STATION HOTEL CLOSED DUE TO FIRE
Dixon Group’s gastro pub in Footscray has closed for repairs following a fire that destroyed the kitchen on Monday. Melbourne’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade report being called around noon to a fire that had broken out in the kitchen, while the
OLGR FLOODED WITH PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON LOCKOUT REVIEW
The New South Wales Office of Liquor, Gaming & Racing has reported a massive response to requests for input on Sydney’s controversial lockout laws and State bottleshop closure. The Callinan Review, fronted by the Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC, is
TOURISM BODY COLLAPSE LEAVES REGIONAL PUBS AND BUSINESSES STRANDED
Regional NSW pubs have copped a blow to tourism dollars with the collapse of tourism body Inland NSW Regional Tourism Organisation Incorporated. Inland NSW was formed in 2011 to promote tourism across much of north and western New South Wales,
LANTERN STREAMLINES FURTHER, LISTING HIGHLANDS LANDMARK
The ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group has listed another “non-core asset” as it executes plans to overhaul its disjointed portfolio. Situated on a prominent corner in the heart of Bowral, the largest town in the NSW Southern Highlands, the Bowral Hotel
MONTH-LONG PARTY ACROSS UPG PUBS FOR 500-YEAR BEER ‘BIRTHDAY’
Australia’s most German of bier houses is throwing a month-long party to celebrate 500 years of the revered Bavarian “Purity” Law, with brand new and very old craft beers. The fun-loving bier barns of Europe are a stark contrast to
TEENAGER CHARGED OVER LAKE MACQUARIE GLASSING
Police have confirmed a man has been charged with reckless wounding after he hit another man in the neck with a glass in a Lake Macquarie pub on Friday night. Lake Macquarie Local Area Command told PubTIC a 19-year-old man
COFFS PUB LEADS ‘DOG’ ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN
Popular NSW North Coast pub the Plantation Hotel is backing a local initiative to use trained fighters to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘coward’ punches. Martial arts instructor Michael Landas approached Plantation Hotel general manager Daniel Knox, who was
MANHUNT AND REWARD FOR MEN WHO BEAT AND BURGLED PUBLICANS
Two years after a violent invasion that saw the owners of a Victorian pub nearly killed, police have issued a $350,000 reward for information. Closing up their pub, the Mt Dandenong Hotel, around 2am on Saturday, 22 March 2014, Mark