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Discontent eating into McDonald’s franchisees

Mounting financial strain is fuelling frustration among McDonald’s franchisees. Source: AP     Mounting financial strain is fuelling frustration...

Minimum wage up 3 per cent, rise of $18.70 a week

Australia's 1.5 million lowest-paid workers will be awarded an $18.70 a week wage rise as the Fair Work Commission tries to reduce inequality in earnings. The...

Brisbane Times Good Food Month returns in 2015

After the runaway success of its inaugural year in 2014, Brisbane Times Good Food Month has launched a 2015 program that promises to be even bigger and...

Minimum wage debate follows a familiar script

The wages umpire lands in the middle again, but the smart money next year could be on new thinking, say experts. The debate over wages for the low...

Tips To Avoid Wage-Hour Class Actions In The Hospitality Industry

The hospitality industry continues to be hard hit by wage-and-hour class actions. Because both federal and state wage and hour laws are filled with exacting...

Australian restaurants have some of the best wine lists in the world

Australian restaurants are second only to the US when it comes to great wine lists, according to the UK-based magazine The World of Fine Wine and their...

Pub sector eyes residential winners in hot housing market

The owners of the Brookvale Hotel at Sydney's northern beaches have joined a wave of publicans exploring mixed-use hotel projects and will sell down...

Slender is the night at new hotel site

The strong Sydney hotel market has prompted Melbourne developer Ninety Four Feet to lodge a development application for a 200-room hotel to be modelled...

Gunman threatens Bindoon hotel staff

Detectives are investigating after a gunman threatened staff at a Bindoon hotel late on Monday night.  WA Police spokeswoman Barbara Crane said the man...

Coffee education is the latest Australian export

Raj and Sharon Sidhu quit their steady public-service jobs in Singapore last year to open a cafe in the city-state, one of Asia's most competitive coffee-selling...