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$21,000 back-paid to Bathurst and Orange workers

Three foreign cooks working at restaurants in Orange and Bathurst have been back-paid a total of $21,300, following recent investigations by the Fair Work...

QLD's finest restaurants & caterers take home top honours

Queensland’s finest restaurants and caterers were recognised at the 2013 Savour AustraliaTM Restaurant & Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for Excellence...

Quest focus on Adelaide openings

Quest has announced its accelerated growth plans in South Australia with the tourism minister, Leon Bignell at an event in Adelaide. In the past 15 months...

Tea chain T2 sells to Unilever: Four lessons from the company's loose-leaf success

Australia is often thought of as a nation of coffee drinkers, but as entrepreneur Maryanne Shearer is about to find out, tea can not only be incredibly...

Carbon Tax should be axed ASAP

The accommodation industry congratulates Tony Abbott and the Coalition on its election success and is calling on Labor to acknowledge the result by not...

Bowral assault figures near licensed premises plummet

MEDIA RELEASE - 4 September 2013   Assault rates in and around licensed premises in the Wingecarribbie Local Government Area have dropped an impressive...

Dining out on pearl meat a hit at high-end restaurants

Shaun Presland with his pearl meat creation, ceviche served on a polished shell at Sake restaurant, The Rocks.  Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited ...

Faceless men the new force in fine dining

Lucio Galletto at Lucio's in Paddington, Sydney, still greets his customers every day after 30 years on the job: 'It's not only my business, it's my life'....

Australia's 457 'king of visas' is a road to serfdom for many migrants

They are called the "king of visas" by some migration agents, but Nguyen Dung's 457 visa made him more pauper than prince. "The [migration] agent told...

Packing in the punters

Cafe Sopra at Fratelli Fresh in Alexandria is packing in the punters with its kind of Italian, sort of Australian food. It can be tough to get a table...