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Toorak cafe becomes involved in cocaine import investigation

The Via Torino café in Toorak has found itself in the middle of a cocaine importation investigation. Detectives looking into the importation of 45 kilograms...

Brisbane restaurant fined $355k for underpayments and false records

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $355,000 in penalties in court against the operators of a Brisbane sushi restaurant after they deliberately...

Accor secures management rights to 10 more hotels with most to be branded Mercure

Accor will expand its hotel portfolio, having secured the management rights to 10 hotels including one Ibis Styles and nine Mercure hotels. The move adds...

ARL takes a punt and buys one of Brisbane’s most famous hotels

The Australian Rugby League Commission has purchased one of Brisbane’s most famous hotels.  On Monday, the League delivered a statement announcing...

No cheer for pubs and beer drinkers as excise set to rise again this year

Pubs and brewers are bracing themselves for a rise in the fresh beer excise tax which is set to increase in August for the second time this year.  This...

Iris Capital buys Strathfield Hotel sells for circa $80M

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has paid around $80 million to buy the Strathfield Hotel in Sydney’s west from the Whelan family. The hotel sits on the...

Minimum wages increase from 1 July 2022

From 1 July 2022: the National Minimum Wage has increased by $40 per week, which amounts to an increase of 5.2% award minimum wages have increased...

Humble hairdryer now a luxury hotel experience

The humble hairdryer, available in most hotel rooms around the world has been given a luxury makeover, with one Australian hotel adding it to rooms as...

Warrior Restaurant & Bar pays tribute to Steve Irwin and the youngest member of the Irwin family - Grace

A new restaurant at Australia Zoo’s luxe Crocodile Hunter Lodge will be named after Bindi Irwin’s daughter. The Warrior Restaurant & Bar, named...

Marriott International brings forward pay rises to attract the best talent

The Marriott International will bring forward pay rises for its 2500 strong hotel staff.  While the Fair Work Commission mandated wage increases in the...