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Super contributions too low

Figures from super industry group ASFA and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have raised concerns that people won’t have enough money...

Fight over late night drinks in Cottesloe

The owners of the Cottesloe Beach Hotel have a problem. They want to keep serving drinks at the pub’s open-air Beach Club after 10pm. They say the customers...

Using bad reviews to attract customers

Got slammed on TripAdvisor? Has your café had a bad review somewhere? Don’t be disheartened. Use the chalkboard. Aldo Calderbank, who runs the Nook...

Restaurant workers paid nothing for more than a year

A former Victorian restaurant operator has been penalised more than $50,000 and criticised for his “morally moribund” and “calculated and deceitful”...

Flashy Asian bar coming to Australia

28 Hongkong Street in Singapore has attracted lots of attention since it opened in Singapore in 2011. It was voted Asia’s best bar for three years in...

Mulpha Australia snaps up Rydges Esplanade Cairns for $40 million

Another Cairns hotel has been sold. The Malaysian-backed tourism property investor and developer Mulpha Australia paid $40 million for Rydges Esplanade...

Sushi Go Round signs workplace pact after short-changing visa-holders $123,000

Nine overseas workers employed by a sushi restaurant chain in Brisbane were short-changed more than $123,000 over 16 months, a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation...

Red Lion turns vegan

Fancy a vegan meal in a pub, instead of a chicken parma or steak?  Check out the Red Lion pub in Rozelle in Sydney’s inner west. It’s not a complete...

Redcape sale plan

If you don’t succeed, try again. That seems to be the strategy for pub operator Redcape after deferring its initial public offering last year. Redcape...

Restaurant found not guilty of mass poisoning

A court has found that the owners of the Copa Brazilian restaurant in Canberra are not guilty of selling unsafe food following the largest outbreak of...