BIGGEST WEEK OF CRAFT BEER BACK IN PUBS IN 2015
Back for a big fifth year, Sydney Craft Beer Week is calling on pubs to jump on the crafty train. Beergustations, Block Parties, Sydney Sausage-Fest and Ladies Beer High Tea will be some of the festival’s offerings when it takes
STUMPS HOTEL PULLS STUMPS AND RELOCATES
A tenancy dispute has dislodged the Stumps Hotel from its grounds in Ipswich, with the business owners literally packing up and moving on. The long-running dispute centres on areas of the building that leaseholders Rajesh Sharma and his wife Prianka
CIDER INNOVATIONS HIT THE STREETS
[caption id="attachment_1581" align="alignright" width="216"] Rebello CEO Ruth Gallace[/caption] The increasing popularity of cider is spawning more innovations, with Australian brand Cheeky Rascal releasing the uber on-trend ‘street food’ collection. Wine-maker Rebello’s Cheeky Rascal Cider is known for its unique 100
‘DRACONIAN’ LIQUOR LAWS NEED REVIEW: LAWYER
The new laws implemented by the NSW OLGR on 1 March included the tightening of ‘intoxication’ loopholes, in an attempt to stop publicans relying upon a defence of reasonable steps to avoid the offence of allowing intoxication. One of a
BOCSAR FIGURES SHOW MANLY ON BEST BEHAVIOUR
One of Sydney’s hot-spots for violence has recorded another big drop in incidents, after more than seven years “continuous improvement” by stakeholders. As the punitive licensing conditions befalling Sydney’s CBD and Kings Cross come further into question, the beachside suburb
MELBOURNE PUB ICON CELEBRATED: 140 YEARS YOUNG
[caption id="attachment_1543" align="alignright" width="296"] Chloe, by Jules Joseph Lefebvre[/caption] Young & Jacksons Hotel and ‘Chloe’ are celebrating 140 years as cornerstones of Melbourne hospitality, and are being honoured in theatre under world-renowned director Wayne Harrison. The institutional CBD watering hole
LIFE BAN FOR GUILTY GREYHOUND OWNERS
The carnage has begun for owners of greyhounds in the wake of the shocking Four Corners expose last month that rocked the industry and brought outcries from the public. The story, broadcast nationally, showed disturbing pixelated footage of pigs, rabbits
THE PUB WITCH-HUNT MUST STOP! IN THE NAME OF EVIDENCE
Unabashed political lobbying was the order of yesterday in the Daily Telegraph, as the CEO of St Vincent’s Health pleaded with both parties ahead of policy announcements. Toby Hall is obviously a health-care professional that rightly abhors violence and physical
FACT VERSUS FICTION
AHA NSW President Scott Leach has joined the chorus against St Vincent’s CEO Toby Hall’s biased editorial, which boasts low rates of violence on NYE as “success” for the trading restrictions. The debate around the draconian restrictions imposed by former
SLEEPING BEAUTY PUB SET TO BREAK HEARTS AND RECORDS
[caption id="attachment_966" align="alignright" width="284"] Palisade Hotel, 1930s. Government Printing Office. Image courtesy NSW State Library[/caption] One of the sleeping beauties of Sydney pubs has hit the market, after nearly seven dormant years and a massive refurbishment. The Palisade Hotel closed