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Optus wins Accor hotel chain network deal

Optus’s business unit has notched up another win, sealing a three-year deal with Accor Hotels to provide fixed voice and mobile services across the hotel...

Melbourne’s Alto Hotel Changes Hands

A Chinese investor has snapped up the iconic Alto Hotel on Bourke Street. According to the Australian Financial Review, the hotel was sold for $19.2...

Far north Queensland MP Billy Gordon will vote down pub-lockout laws

Gordon says he is open to compromise, but will join two Katter party MPs to vote against Labor’s plans as they stand for 1am lockouts and 3am closing...

New food fads to watch out for. By Matt Preston

We always like to try something new, and here are the hottest trends in food that are worth sampling. Matt Preston reports. These days food is fashion...

Melbourne Good Food Month 2015: Week one creative director's picks

Every week during Good Food Month, presented by Citi, we'll be bringing you a snapshot of the best events of the week. Book quickly or cry later. Visit melbourne.goodfoodmonth.com.au Future...

Court told of bikie’s threats to bar owner

“We run this city...and if you don’t pay, we will close your business down by one means or another.” With those words, the most senior chapter of...

Belconnen cafe Heather's House of Cake closes after "disrespectful'' parents and kids trash playroom

Belconnen cafe owner Heather Martin can more than sympathise with a Sydney couple who recently closed their cafe's playroom due to it being constantly...

HDC flags interest in former Empire Hotel site

The Hunter Development Corporation says there has been solid interest in the redevelopment of Newcastle's former Empire Hotel site in Hunter Street after...

Bellbird hotel evacuated after fire breaks out in basement

A fire in the basement of a Hunter Valley hotel has forced the evacuation of the building. Fire and Rescue NSW were called to the Bellbird hotel on Wollombi...

London Fields, Brisbane: restaurant review

Always good to start dinner with a squabble, don’t you think? It’s like an emotional aperitif. She – the greeter, I mean – wants me on a bar...