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Wage rage

Last month's increase in the minimum wage will pound those sectors already experiencing record insolvencies The Fair Work Commission Minimum Wage Panel...

Luv-a-Duck ACCC stoush returns to court

The western Victorian based poultry company Luv-a-Duck is back in the Federal Court this morning, as it fights the consumer watchdog's allegations it engaged...

IHG launches Rewards Club

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has debuted IHG Rewards Club, its enhanced loyalty program formerly called Priority Club Rewards. According to IHG,...

Sydney high roller casinos could open dirty money floodgates

The NSW Government has been warned it runs the risk of opening the floodgates to laundered money if it approves either of two competing casino proposals...

Packer casino gets go-ahead to proceed to next stage

A second casino is set to open in Sydney from 2019 after James Packer's plans for a $1.5 billion hotel and gambling resort at Barangaroo received NSW government...

Juice processors cutting back on imports

The Australian Beverages Council has told a Senate inquiry into the citrus industry, orange juice concentrate imported from Brazil has halved in the last...

New pub group buys Fortune of War

Former C-Inc general manager Steven Speed has joined with prominent pub industry figure Peter Walker to acquire the Sydney hotel that claims to have Australia's...

FWO turns up the heat on La Porchetta franchisee for alleged $250,000 underpayment

Two Melbourne La Porchetta franchises have come under fire from the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying more than 100 staff, as the owner-operator...

Sydney company fined for failing to declare allergen in cakes

A Sydney cake manufacturing business and its Director who sold food containing undeclared allergens on multiple occasions, one time resulting in a child...

Family First MLC cites mother's wisdom on hotel lock-outs

A Family First MLC said the success of hotel lock-outs at Port Lincoln meant other regional areas of South Australia should consider the idea. Police...