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Willoughby Craft Beer Fair approaches

Craft brewers who want to be involved in the inaugural Willoughby Craft Beer Fair have until the end of this week to confirm with the organisers, the NLG-owned...

Fox Sports brings the Olympics to pubs

Fox Sports Venues has teamed up with platform partner Foxtel to offer pubs and clubs the most comprehensive coverage of an Olympic Games ever seen in Australia...

Off-the-rails hotels just don't wash with guests

I'm in  Washington, where there is a record heatwave. I'm in a hotel so wonderful I want to sell up everything and live here for the rest of my life....

Threat to truth in food labelling

A long-standing proposal to require all health claims on packaged food to be substantiated before they go on the market may have been derailed by the billion-dollar...

Why $24 of ingredients costs $100 on a Pilu plate

When Giovanni Pilu plates up his renowned suckling pork at his two-hatted restaurant overlooking Freshwater beach, the free-range pig and its trimmings...

Diners can't get enough of truffles

Welcome to the two-speed truffle economy. The 10-week truffle season is five weeks old and this season Perth diners are eating more of the rare and desirable...

From garden plot to plate

There had been signs. When someone checked that morning, they thought she looked a little awkward. "Constipated" was the word used. And then, just before...

GetUp! loses bid to force Woolworths pokies vote

Activist group GetUp! has lost a Federal Court challenge to get poker machine giant Woolworths to hold an extraordinary general meeting in the next few...

$1000 reward offered for stolen Chesterfield chair

The hunt is on for a red, leather, antique, Chesterfield chair that was stolen from a Launceston hotel. The chair was taken from outside Sporties Hotel,...

Hospitality must come with a sunny smile

I haven't flown 22 compression-stocking hours to cop a tongue-lashing from a hotelier in Istanbul, a city that's renowned for its hospitality. The last...