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Police moving towards 'enforcement model' in dealing with Coffs Harbour pubs

Senior police say it is a "sad indictment on the community" that the state's most violent pub is now in Coffs Harbour. The Plantation Hotel has been named...

Puppy love rules in Sydney’s top dog-friendly pubs

THESE days, pub patrons are almost as likely to have four legs as two, as the number of dog-friendly watering holes across Sydney grows. The Vic On The...

Marriott signs on for new Docklands hotel

Hospitality giant Marriott International has signed on to open its first newly built hotel in Australia in almost two decades, choosing as its local partner...

Lockout laws have destroyed the culture of Kings Cross: hotelier Bruce Solomon

One of the country's most prominent pub landlords has slammed the NSW government's pub lockout laws, saying they have completely destroyed the culture...

Top chef Waji Spiby pulls pin on Taste and fires parting shot at Hobart City Council

TOP chef Waji Spiby will not be taking part in the Taste of Tasmania this year because it has “all got too hard”, he says. Spiby’s scallops and...

Hotel worker Michael Nolan sacked over Facebook post to Clementine Ford

A Sydney hotel supervisor has lost his job after making a sexist and offensive comment on the Facebook page of Fairfax Media columnist Clementine Ford. The...

Outdoor dining fees removed

RESTAURANT and cafe owners in The Hills will no longer have to pay application and rent fees for outdoor dining areas on council footpaths. Earlier this...

Explainer: how Uber and Airbnb are reducing their Australian tax bill

The current international tax regime was developed in the last century when the internet was not yet invented. At that time, a foreign company would typically...

Adam Sanderson moves to the Deanery; Blumenthal rumoured for Perth

Melbourne laneways stayer the Deanery has shipped in Brit chef Adam Sanderson. He has worked locally at Cutler & Co and wielded knives in the northern...

OzHarvest celebrates first anniversary in Perth

OzHarvest’s WA manager, Jennifer Keen, said the organisation had delivered more than half a million meals to vulnerable men, women and children. “Thanks...