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Another live music venue dies

Another live music venue is closing down, this time Fremantle’s Markets Bar, after a 38 per cent jump in rent its owners branded “exorbitant”. Paul...

Scores for food safety

Glen Innes Severn Council has adopted the Scores on Doors Program which will be implemented in early 2016. The program is a food safety scoring program...

Lindt Cafe back to business a year after siege but dark layer remains

AS the one-year anniversary of the Lindt cafe siege approaches, and as Christmas looms, the city that shook to the core when terror came knocking on December...

Sydney bar guide: 11 of the best hidden venues in the city

It’s the festive time of year where many of us feel as though our livers may explode but the cheer takes hold time and time again and we find ourselves...

Delaying gambling monopoly decision 'holds back investment', Tasmanian Hospitality Association says

Delaying a decision on extending Federal Group's gambling monopoly is holding back investment in the state, the Tasmanian Government has been warned. Key...

Matt Moran joins Port Macquarie's food fest

The $275 a head Matt Moran dinners for Tastings on Hastings this year sold out in five minutes, organisers said. What that says about the high-profile...

Why South Australia's pokies revenue is falling

Australia's $12 billion pokies industry may be booming – but in South Australia it's going backwards. The state has just 13,000 of Australia's 200,000...

Scottish family opens Riverland cafe to serve free Christmas lunch

Scotsman and father-of-six William McCallum is overwhelmed by the community support he has received after offering to open his Berri cafe on Christmas...

Christmas pudding a sweet memory for Neil Perry after mum’s recent passing

CELEBRITY chef Neil Perry will be sending out sweet memories of his mother, Margaret, who passed away aged 88 on Sunday, when 300 people in need are given...

Hotel sales pick up pace with purchase of Sydney’s Banksia Hotel

A Singaporean group has swooped on The Banksia Hotel, a major gaming hotel in south west Sydney, in a $13.5 million purchase. The same Singaporean-based...