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Fair workplaces - a job for all says FWO

The Fair Work Ombudsman today urged big employers to follow a lead set by McDonald’s and take proactive steps to ensure their local workforces are being...

Food factory hopes fade

Hopes are diminishing for a new food factory in Kyabram as the Goulburn Valley Food Co-op explores other options. The cooperative was formed a year ago...

Barangaroo casino report to stay secret

The New South Wales Government says it will not release a report it commissioned into James Packer's proposed billion-dollar hotel and casino at Barangaroo. The...

Cronulla emerging as hot spot for food

The weekend coffee queue ... Grind Espresso in Cronulla   Step aside Surry Hills, there's a new contender in the Sydney food stakes and it is The Shire....

Move to lift freeze on liquor licences comes under fire

"More licences is just going to mean more people get injured" ... Scott Weber, NSW Police Association. Photo: Domino Postiglione A FREEZE on new liquor...

Outrage as CBD on-street parking charges take effect

A prominent Brisbane hospitality figure is outraged by changes to on-street parking in the city that come into effect Monday. Restaurant II owner David...

Delay to re-opening Bendigo hotel

Bendigo's Hopetoun Hotel has had its reopening delayed over a verandah dispute. The Guida family, owners of the hotel which has been closed for four years,...

Metro plans 23-level tower in Brisbane

Brisbane-based developer Metro Property Development hopes to start work next month on a 253-apartment tower at Brisbane's Kangaroo Point. A development...

Sydney Festival gets cider sponsor

Cider brand Rekorderlig has signed on as the first ever cider sponsor for Sydney Festival. Festival patrons can drop by the 'Beautifully Swedish Rekorderlig...

New craft beer venue for Sydney

Iron Awe Brewbar, a 120-capacity venue with an on-site microbrewery, has received approval to open in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe later this year. Home...