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Brisbane pub to push ahead with concerts as residents abandon legal action

The Sandstone Point Hotel in Brisbane has expanded its live music plans after local residents withdrew legal action this week. The hotel has been granted...

Hobart’s T42 bar sells in ‘thriving market’

The Tavern 42 Degrees South on Hobart’s waterfront has been sold for the first time in its 22-year history. Selling for an undisclosed figure, the bar...

New owner to give Normanby Hotel a $3.5m revamp

The new owner of Brisbane’s Normanby Hotel has abandoned plans to build a 15-storey complex around the heritage-listed pub. Irishman Jaz Cooney is instead...

Investigation continues over gastro outbreak at Tangalooma Island Resort

An investigation into an outbreak of gastroenteritis that affected more than 50 people at Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island has found E coli bacteria...

Chef faces murder charge after ‘exacting revenge’ on home invader

An apprentice chef who chased and then assaulted a man he caught in his infant daughter’s bedroom “intended to murder”, say prosecutors.  Benjamin...

Flinders University’s Café Alere scoops national award

Flinders University’s Café Alere has been named the best in the nation for dining at the 2019 Restaurant & Catering Awards. Helmed by head chef...

Australia’s ‘smug’ food scene slammed by UK chef

British chef Alastair Little has slammed Australia’s culinary scene describing it as having as a “completely unjustified sense of smugness”. In...

Local restaurateur to open café in aged care complex The Royce

Restaurateur Ross Dobson is busy designing the menu for his new venture which is located inside high-end aged care apartments in southwest Sydney. Speaking...

Brisbane Council weighs up bid for two Mount Coot-tha venue leases

Brisbane City Council is considering awarding two separate leases to run a restaurant and cafe on Mount Coot-tha to Mantle Group-owned Jimmy's on the Mall...

Adelaide searches for global hospitality leaders for new hub

The South Australian government is looking for food, hospitality, tourism and training organisations to be part of a new foodservice and tourism hub in...