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Sydney Chinese restaurant enters pact to protect workers following $80,000 wage underpayment

Almost $80,000 in unpaid wages and penalties has been returned to 22 workers at a Chinese seafood restaurant in Cabramatta, western Sydney. Vinh Phat...

Penalty against Whyalla cleaning operator

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a penalty against the former operator of a cleaning business at Whyalla, in regional South Australia, following the...

Penalty rates brawl in WA

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett is positioning himself in the lead-up to next year’s state election with a pledge to crack down on penalty rates...

This is not a café respite centre: Surf Café controversy

A callous café owner? Or a business man concerned about the customer’s welfare? One incident, two different versions that became public when they were...

What NOT to do - WA Health Names of Offenders List as of 1st December 2016

The table below lists the food businesses and persons (individuals or body corporates) that have been convicted of an offence under the Food Act 2008 (WA) (external...

Backpacker tax in limbo

The Senate has stymied the government’s plans to get this week’s compromised backpacker tax through Parliament. The government was put on the back...

Aristocrat Leisure profit soars 68.7 per cent

Gaming giant Aristocrat Leisure has defied analyst’s expectations with a 68.7 per cent increase in its full year profit to $398.2 million. The market...

Balancing the Books and Battling Food Wastage

Using frozen bread to reduce food waste and raise your bottom line Food waste is the one of the leading sources of financial worries for foodservice...

Hyatt Regency’s expansion plans

Australia’s hotel sector is going through a massive transformation and the Hyatt Regency has just added to the mix. The chain is now taking over the...

Sydney buyer swoops on Brisbane’s Acacia Ridge for $26 million

In what has to be one of the pub deals of the year, Queensland’s largest hotel, The Acacia Ridge, has been sold to an unidentified Sydney fund for $26...