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Four Sydney venues owned by bankrupt pub baron Jon Adgemis sold
Real Estate 2026-01-28 11:07 pm By Andy Sidler

Four Sydney venues owned by Jon Adgemis, including the South Bondi Hotel, have sold shortly after being listed, following a declaration that the former KPMG partner-turned-hospitality-mogul is bankrupt.

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Court gives green light to inner-Sydney backpackers development
Construction 2026-01-12 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Land and Environment Court has cleared the way for a backpackers and hotel accommodation development in Haymarket, Sydney.

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Elysium Noosa Resort faces IP suit over rebrand
Intellectual Property 2025-12-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A wellness retreat has launched an intellectual property suit against luxury Queensland resort Elysium Noosa, claiming that a recent rebrand amounts to passing off.

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Development consent for Sydney Airport hotel ‘in force’: NCAT
Construction 2025-11-10 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has given the operator of the Ibis Sydney Airport hotel in Mascot another chance to seek a liquor licence, finding a deferred commencement condition did not mean a development consent was not ‘in force’.

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Jon Adgemis’ South Bondi Hotel to be put on market later this year
Real Estate 2025-10-21 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Receivers for Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group are planning to put the South Bondi Hotel on the market by the end of the year.

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Bakers Delight loses challenge to reverse onus finding in FWO case
Employment 2025-10-17 11:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Bakers Delight has lost its appeal of a decision that found it was subject to a statutory reverse onus to disprove record-keeping claims in underpayments proceedings against a franchisee.

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Pub baron Adgemis declared bankrupt, court orders properties sequestered
Bankruptcy 2025-10-03 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Sydney pub baron Jon Adgemis has been declared bankrupt and his properties have been sequestered, with the Federal Court finding the former KPMG partner owes $1.8 billion to creditors.

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Jon Adgemis declares bankruptcy ahead of Federal Court hearing
Bankruptcy 2025-10-02 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

On the eve of a Federal Court bankruptcy hearing, Sydney-based publican Jon Adgemis and founder of Public Hospitality Group has declared bankruptcy, days after five of his pubs were placed into receivership. 

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Public Hospitality venues in receivership ahead of Adgemis bankruptcy hearing
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-30 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Deutsche Bank has appointed receivers to five pubs owned by Public Hospitality Group ahead of a bankruptcy hearing against the group’s owner and former KPMG partner, Jon Adgemis.

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Group opposing Bucketty’s Brewery pub dodges bid for security
Construction 2025-09-23 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Bucketty’s Brewery has failed to convince the NSW Land and Environment Court to order security against a community group seeking to overturn a local council’s approval of the brewery’s plan to build a new pub and cafe.

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