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Calls to overhaul alcohol tax to safeguard health

by Leon Gettler Health specialists say the government has to implement major reforms to the alcohol tax to reduce binge drinking and safeguard the health...

Hot Individual Puddings & Scones by Kooka Brotha's

Hot Individual Puddings (Self Saucing)   Chocolate Lava Cake Butterscotch and Pecan Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce Individual...

Swanson Hotel on the market

by Leon Gettler The recently-refurbished Swanson Hotel in Erskineville is on the auction block. According to CBRE Hotels Daniel Dragicevich, who is selling...

Italian restaurant patriarch Beppi Polese dies

by Leon Gettler Beppi Polese, the man who created one of Sydney’s most celebrated eateries Beppis has died at the age of 90. Beppi Polese (Image: Beppi's) His...

Restaurant fined $10,000 for Food Act breaches

by Leon Gettler The proprietor of an Italian restaurant in Hallam has been fined $10,000 and ordered to do 150 hours of community work when he was found...

South Australia will do well despite Tasmanian woes

by Leon Gettler South Australian fish mongers are confident that the state’s oysters will continue to do a roaring trade, despite the virus which has...

Waiting for Hobart’s tallest hotel

by Leon Gettler Plans to build Hobart’s tallest hotel have been put in limbo with a divided Hobart City Council telling the developer to come back with...

Brisbane restaurants penalise no shows

by Leon Gettler Brisbane restaurants have cracked down on diners who make big bookings and fail to show up, costing the restaurant plenty of business. Under...

Former restaurant director’s pay will be docked $500 a fortnight to pay off Court penalties

In a first, the Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully obtained a Court order for $500 a fortnight to be taken from a former restaurant director's earnings...

Penalty rates submissions

by Leon Gettler Any café or restaurant owner who thinks the penalty rates will be easily changed should think again. The Productivity Commission has...