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![CHAPPELLS SELL TO ALH TO BUY DREAM CHAPPELLS SELL TO ALH TO BUY DREAM](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tattersalls-Hotel_Narrabri_frontage_PBA_crp30w.jpg)
CHAPPELLS SELL TO ALH TO BUY DREAM
Michael and Megan Chappell have traded up, divesting their popular pub at Narrabri to ALH and securing big new digs at Alstonville.
![THORPE HAT TRICK TO REVIVE THE DUKE THORPE HAT TRICK TO REVIVE THE DUKE](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Duke-Enmore-James-Thorpe-and-team_adjLR30w.jpg)
THORPE HAT TRICK TO REVIVE THE DUKE
The Duke of Enmore has a new master, with the leasehold interest sold to emerging Sydney operator James Thorpe.
![LAUNDYS PASS SWANSEA TO HUNTERS LAUNDYS PASS SWANSEA TO HUNTERS](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Swansea-Hotel_frontage_CBRE_LR_30w.jpg)
LAUNDYS PASS SWANSEA TO HUNTERS
The Laundy family has brushed up the portfolio with sale of the big Swansea Hotel, sold in a second deal …
![IRIS’ $65m PLANS FOR THE BOURBON EMPIRE IRIS’ $65m PLANS FOR THE BOURBON EMPIRE](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Empire-and-block-render-Oct20-Empire-inset_crpa40w-1024x692.jpg)
IRIS’ $65m PLANS FOR THE BOURBON EMPIRE
Iris has put out its $65 million proposal for the redevelopment of four adjacent Potts Point sites, between the iconic The Bourbon and the Empire Hotel.
![Coronavirus-webcrpm-NSW-Govt_feat DE ANGELIS BACK IN LIVERPOOL FOR $43m](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Mountain-Goat-brewpub-Newtown-frontage-open_crpa30w.jpg)
MOUNTAIN GOAT OPENS NEW PUB IN NEWTOWN
Sydney has a new brewpub courtesy of Melbourne craft beer die-hards Mountain Goat, engineering the launch of a new venue in the inner west brewer heartland of Newtown.
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![FIRST-TIMERS PLUCK ROSE OF ROZELLE FIRST-TIMERS PLUCK ROSE OF ROZELLE](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Native-Rose-Rozelle_frontage_RW_28w.jpg)
FIRST-TIMERS PLUCK ROSE OF ROZELLE
Two enthusiastic nearly-newcomers have taken the keys to Rozelle’s former Ruby L’otel turned Native Rose Hotel.
![ALH FLAGS PUBS WON’T REOPEN AS ALE CALLS OUT MANAGEMENT ALH FLAGS PUBS WON’T REOPEN AS ALE CALLS OUT MANAGEMENT](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ALE-ASX-results-23Oct20_cmfeat.jpg)
ALH FLAGS PUBS WON’T REOPEN AS ALE CALLS OUT MANAGEMENT
Woolworths-backed ALH has flagged not reopening Melbourne pubs under restricted capacity, as landlord ALE drags the group back to court questioning the quality of management at venues.
![PUB MANAGER SUES ALH FOR $750K PUB MANAGER SUES ALH FOR $750K](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Royal-Hotel_Beenleigh-frontage_FB-Nov19_crpLR28w.jpg)
PUB MANAGER SUES ALH FOR $750K
A former manager at ALH’s Royal Hotel in Beenleigh is suing the group for around $750,000, claiming their failure to provide safe conditions resulted in her PTSD and ongoing disability.
![MAN FACES CHARGES FOR RAMMING TWO GIRLS INTO A PUB MAN FACES CHARGES FOR RAMMING TWO GIRLS INTO A PUB](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Crown-Hotel-Collie-bw-front-bikes_FB-Mar19_crp30w.jpg)
MAN FACES CHARGES FOR RAMMING TWO GIRLS INTO A PUB
A 33-year-old man has appeared in court, accused of ramming his ute into a pub in Collie last week, pinning two young women to the wall, causing horrific injuries.
![UPDATE: BLOODY MARY GROUP IN HANDS OF ADMINISTRATORS UPDATE: BLOODY MARY GROUP IN HANDS OF ADMINISTRATORS](https://pubtic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Saracens-Head-Hotel-frontage-ang_FB-Jan19_adj30w.jpg)
UPDATE: BLOODY MARY GROUP IN HANDS OF ADMINISTRATORS
Adelaide hotel operators Bloody Mary Group have fallen into liquidation, coming after its directors were found to have orchestrated deals with liquor suppliers that funnelled funds out of the venues.