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Restaurant owner fined for black market cod

A MAN has been fined $7,300, ordered to pay costs of $1220 and placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond after fisheries officers uncovered an endangered...

Bazara restaurant opens across Maroubra beach

Robyn Walker and Efren Talavera at Bazara, a new restaurant on Maroubra beach. Picture: Carly Earl BAZARA bar and restaurant is a new dining...

'Deception': Seafood industry wants country of origin labels

Local favourite: some 60 per cent of barramundi is sourced from foreign fisheries.   Most diners wrongly assume the seafood they are served in restaurants...

Biggest publican verging on biggest pub deal

Australia’s biggest pub operator is considering the sale of a portfolio of its freeholds that would amount to the biggest pub transaction in the industry’s...

Jerry Schwartz's new Lovedale Brewery is a winner

A few years back Sydney’s Schwartz Brewery came close to setting up in what was then Olim’s Hotel, Ainslie. Alas, the plan fell over. But now Jerry...

Sydney's Chur Burger coming to Brisbane hotel

Brisbane bound: Chur burger. Photo: Steven Siewert   The hugely popular Chur is set to open a branch in Brisbane in late August. Chef Warren Turnbull,...

ACCC worried over Tony Fung’s plans to buy Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns

The Reef Hotel Casino Cairns. AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog has concerns about a Hong Kong billionaire’s bid to own two casinos in far...

Luxury hotels interested in buying up 21-storey Melbourne police station

The 21-level police station at 412 St Kilda Rd is up for sale. Source: Supplied FROM cop shop to luxury hotel. It may sound unlikely,...

The hotel that’s rocketed Rooty Hill on to the world stage

Australia’s top hotel, according to Expedia reviews, is the Sheraton on the Park in Sydney. A SYDNEY city hotel has wowed the world and popular...

Miner sells historic Whim Creek pub

Mining explorer Venturex Resources has sold the historic Whim Creek pub in remote north Western Australia to two indigenous organisations for $1.7 million. The...