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What not to do! Week 48

What was busted this week and what were they caught doing? The things you should look out for. The NSW Food Authority publishes lists of businesses that...

Cheers as nano-pub aim brews with help from crowd-funding site

A young man with a love of beer and a big idea is on the way to achieving his dream after raising $10,000 in 30 days. Hobart brewer Evan Hunter, 27, plans...

Guest's beef with Clive Palmer: two steaks and you're out

A French media executive is in talks with lawyers after a Fawlty Towers-style row with Clive Palmer, who abused the premium guest and evicted him from...

Royal Mail alumni team up for new Terre restaurant

One of Victoria's smoothest front-of-house operators, Clinton Trevisi, has joined forces with a past colleague from Dunkeld's Royal Mail Hotel for a promising...

Laws allow Liquor and Gambling Commissioner to change liquor licensing rules

NEW laws have given the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner the power to change liquor licensing rules for venues, as long as it is to combat risky drinking...

Food, glorious food

They say the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. With media and advertising around all things edible reaching an all-time high, it...

Hotels enforce tobacco bans, not fat health lobby WAN

The debate over smoking restrictions used to be based more on occupational health and safety, but has moved to personal and social dislikes and preferences.  The...

Barmy tourists heat up economy

They're loud, they like a lager, they're (usually) winners and they're over here. England's big band of noisy cricket fans known as the Barmy Army has...

Restaurant offers diners 50 per cent discount if they turn off their phones

It's a common occurrence in restaurants, both up-market and casual: diners talking loudly on their mobile phones, annoying other patrons. The opposite...

Potts Point cafe La Croix calls it quits

La Croix has closed, blaming the City of Sydney's ''unreasonably restrictive conditions''. The cafe lasted two years. Co-owner Annie Wilkes has a shopping...