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Slashing Sunday penalty rates will create thousands of jobs, peak industry lobby group says

Scrapping Sunday penalty rates in favour of a flat weekend rate could create up to 40,000 jobs nationally and up to 2,800 in South Australia alone, research...

Get drunk to the eyeballs but there’s not a drop to drink in the alcohol vapour bar

A BRISBANE show director has defended his decision to present a vapour cloud of gin and tonic that guests can absorb through their eyes and lungs. Health...

WA misses out on overseas tourists: AHA

WA is missing out on a big increase in international tourism to the country, according to a peak hospitality body. Australian Hotels Association (WA)...

Productivity Commission finding on penalty rates unfair, says hospitality worker

With a paramedic for a father, Joseph Mitchell has learnt over the years that sometimes your job requires you to work hours you'd much rather spend with...

Clareville Kiosk up for Gault & Millau best new restaurant award

Clareville Kiosk’s Nathan Boler. The restaurant is one of five restaurants up for Gault & Millau's best new restaurant of the year. Clareville Kiosk...

Beer economy booms: Booze becoming currency of choice in WA

With fears of the Aussie dollar further depreciating, traders are turning to a currency always in demand with local buyers: beer. Beer economies have...

Adelaide CBD fire: Large blaze behind Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hindley St

POLICE have taken over the investigation into the large fire that brought the Adelaide central business district to a standstill. The MFS has confirmed...

What NOT to do - Latest penalties 3/9/15

Food Safety Offences The NSW Food Authority publishes lists of businesses that have breached or are alleged to have breached NSW food safety laws. Publishing the...

Youths shun cooking careers

WA faces a chef shortage in part because perceptions of the industry have been warped by reality TV cooking shows and young people are reluctant to work...

Best Sydney restaurants for fresh produce: Paddock to plate trend helps turn cooks into farmers

MATT Moran, Geoff Jansz, Martin Boetz and Sujet Saenkham are just four chefs who grow produce to supply restaurants, including their own. Here is a...