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VIC-NSW Border closure highlights seriousness of challenge

The decision to close the NSW-Victoria border highlights the seriousness of the challenge in containing COVID-19. The Accommodation Association, the industry’s...

Roof collapses and fire rips apart a Yarra Valley restaurant just days after re-opening

The COVID-19 lockdown has taken its toll on many businesses in the hospitality industry. Some will struggle to regain their feet, while those lucky enough...

Luxury Green Star hotel looks to fill senior management positions

It has taken two years, but the Hotel Britomart in Auckland, New Zealand is now ready to welcome its first guests.  Earlier this year, the luxury hotel...

Minimum wage increases today

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is reminding employers that the national minimum wage has increased today to $19.84 per hour (up from $19.49), or $753.80...

Hotel quarantine failures in Victoria lead to COVID-19 spike

COVID-19 numbers in the state of Victoria have spiked once again, leading to stringent lockdown measures imposed by the Andrews government.  Thirty-six...

COVID-19 highlights endemic problems in hospitality industry

With 78 per cent of all Australian hospitality workers employed on a casual basis, the overnight closure of many restaurants and bars due to the COVID-19...

Queensland hotel slams undercover cops for targeting country pubs

The owner of a pub in Queensland’s south-west has slammed the police for sending out plain-clothes police officers to bust country venues that breach...

WA pub boss slams JobSeeker as a ‘designer drug’ for youngsters

A pub manager in Western Australia has claimed the increased JobSeeker payments are deterring young people from working. ALH Group WA manager Ric Torchia...

Taxpayers shell out $1m for George Calombaris’ collapsed restaurant empire

Taxpayers have paid $1 million to compensate employees of George Calombaris’s failed restaurant empire who were owed wages and entitlements. The Made...

Melbourne bar manager avoids jail for stealing $327k over a year

A former general manager of a Melbourne bar has avoided jail after being found guilty of stealing $327,000 from the till. Arbory Bar & Eatery manager...