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Bureaucrats tell Sydney bar the Spooning Goats that its name is 'inappropriate'

A Sydney barman has for years been battling the city's liquor licensing bureaucrats who have deemed the name of his establishment "inappropriate" or "objectionable".   The...

Chef Matt Moran’s tough words for Aussie supermarkets ... and clueless shoppers

CELEBRITY chef Matt Moran says the major supermarkets have a responsibility not to “screw” local farmers and should be doing more to stock Australian...

Brodburger, Patissez, Cupping Room: Where Canberrans will wait for their food

Manuka's newest food hotspot may have gone global on social media this week, but it also proved people were prepared to wait for the chance to indulge.   Canberrans...

Lantern directors 'flabbergasted' at $24m sale of El Toro Hotel

Lantern Hotel Group, which has recently emerged from corporate ructions, has sold a flagship property in Western Sydney for $24 million.  The El Toro...

Wine body rejects volumetric tax proposal

The wine industry remains divided over the future taxation system for alcohol, with the peak winemakers’ body refusing to support a system based on volume. Winemakers...

Migrant worker lured to Australia, held captive in restaurant for 16 months

A man trafficked from India under a sham 457 visa arrangement was held in conditions "akin to slavery" for 16 months, a Sydney court has heard. Dulo Ram...

Brisbane’s Institute of Culinary Excellence offers first vegan Certificate II in hospitality

THE Institute of Culinary Excellence is Australia’s first registered training organisation to offer a vegan cookery qualification. Alison Taafe, director...

Tourism Accommodation Australia takes another shot at Airbnb

Owners who use booking sites like Airbnb to rent out their homes and apartments for short-term stays, particularly those working on a commercial scale,...

Hotels warn fake deals on the rise

WA hotels are reporting a rise in the number of guests who wrongly believe they have paid for bookings after falling victim to fake travel websites offering...

Probably this headline should be 'Reality Bites', but instead we ask: Would you go to a restaurant called 'Somewhere Nice'?

If you’ve watched any commercial television in recent weeks, you’ve been unable to avoid learning that both Channel Seven and Channel Nine will soon...