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Spicers Retreats continue to put culinary credentials on show

Spicers Retreats restaurants were awarded four of the top awards at the 2016 Savour Australia Restaurant and Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence The...

Food services and accommodation industry high on list for enforcement action, behavioural change

The food services and accommodation industry accounted for 40 percent of Enforceable Undertakings the Fair Work Ombudsman entered with employers last financial...

Court sends strong message to café operators who underpaid overseas workers

A mother-and-son business team which deliberately exploited vulnerable overseas workers has been penalised almost $200,000 and ordered to back-pay former...

Brookfield bids for hotel development

Brookfield Multiplex, which has just done the $600 million Karrinyup Shopping Centre and $430 million Perth Museum, has put in a tender for Fragrance Group’s...

Prison turns into a hotel

Plans are underway to turn Pentridge Prison, Victoria’s historic prison, into a hotel. Pentridge had the maddest and baddest of prisoners. The remains...

Clubs pick up awards

A number of clubs have been recognised in the ClubsNSW Chef’s Table awards.The winners announced this week are the Campbelltown Catholic Club, Canterbury...

Brawl over crackdown on dogs in pubs

Residents in Sydney’s inner west are furious about the council banning dogs in pubs. Now, the council in Balmain has traditionally ignored state laws...

Fish and chip shop workers underpaid $40k

The operators of two fish and chip shops in the Newcastle region of NSW have agreed to back-pay workers almost $40,000 following an investigation by...

Pubs boycott CUB beers in support of sacked workers

In one of the most extraordinary episodes in Australian industrial relations history, the owners and operators of pubs across the country have slapped...

Beachfront Pub on the market

The idiosyncratic Kingscliff pub, the Salt Bar, is up for sale. The beachfront bar and bistro, sitting on 1883 square metres in the middle of Salt Village,...