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A new hotel for Devonport

The town of Devonport in Tasmania is getting a new hotel with Devonport City Council signing an agreement with contractor Fairbrother to develop the $40...

Hilton to open Curio Collection in Sydney

Curio Collection by Hilton has signed its first hotel in Sydney. The Curio Collection by Hilton is designed as a global, upper upscale collection of distinctive...

Suspicious blaze destroys Lygon Street restaurant

A fire that ripped through several businesses in Melbourne’s famous Lygon Street claimed a Lebanese restaurant. And the owner said he had received threats. Emergency...

ATM fees at pubs and clubs are going up

It’s a piece of bad news for anyone caught short at the pub. While everyone is celebrating banks removing those pesky $2 ATM fees for customers, it...

Penalty rate decision in Federal Court

Unions have taken the Fair Work Commission’s decision to cut Sunday penalty rates to the Federal Court. Unions representing hospitality, retail and...

Meriton and Deliveroo strike deal

Meriton, Australia’s largest owner-operator of hotel apartments, has struck a deal with Deliveroo. The deal with the on-demand food delivery service...

Sydney restaurant serves steak with maggots

A Sydney diner was horrified after finding she was served steak in a restaurant crawling with live maggots. Sheila Kim was taken aback by the steak when...

Longrain comes to Tokyo

Sydney Thai restaurant Longrain has extended itself beyond the city. It has set up operations in Ebisu, one of Tokyo’s most respected culinary suburbs. Owner...

Small changes to booze laws

And so Sydney’s booze laws were further relaxed over the weekend. Basically the rules have been changed so that liqueur and whiskey connoisseurs won’t...

Osbourne Hotel re-opens in Fortitude Valley

The former site of Fringe Bar and Kerbside on Ann St in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley is being transformed, converted into a new venue, The Osbourne Hotel. The...