May 1, 2024

Golf Services Management (GSM) has successfully acquired its sixth course, Hepburn Springs Golf Club, located in Daylesford Victoria. Members of the 98-year-old club approved the acquisition with a vote 98 per cent in favour, provided GSM undertake to preserve course operation over a minimum of five years, for the benefit of existing members. GSM further

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May 1, 2024

The Your Local Club Perfect Plate Awards is about to kick off, 2024 being the fourth interation, with chefs Courtney Roulston and Matt Moran soon to set off on a New South Wales road trip. The celebrity chefs will once again be ambassadors for the awards. The awards aim to showcase the quality and diversity

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May 1, 2024

The biggest sporting event of the year is gearing up to take place in July, and now is the time for Australian venues wanting to capitalise on the activity to begin chasing Paris Olympics gold. Australian hospitality legend and Sydney resident Max Hitchins, aka the Hospitality Doctor, aka Melbourne Cup Max, has penned an innovative

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April 24, 2024

The prodigious Sands Resort and golf course has hit the market via receivers, offering opportunity for an ambitious operator to snare a massive site on the spectacular Surf Coast. Sands Resort is one of Victoria’s most recognisable and highly regarded links golf courses, found 20 minutes from Geelong or 90 minutes from Melbourne. The privately

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April 24, 2024

Under new leadership, financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has renewed its money laundering focus on gaming venues, noting the “billions” it believes is fed into machines in clubs by criminals. Responsible for preventing, detecting and responding to criminal abuse of the financial system, AUSTRAC has worked with the gambling sector, notably pubs and clubs, for years,

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