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Fair Work Ombudsman report reveals non-compliance in major fast-food franchise

A Fair Work Ombudsman Activity Report has identified widespread non-compliance within Pizza Hut outlets with three quarters of audited outlets failing...

Move to restore music at historic Sydney pub

It’s been a big loss for the music scene. One of Sydney’s best known pubs, the Harold Park Hotel in Glebe which has been around for more than a century,...

Vegemite ice-cream: the new dessert spread

And so John Marshall's Frugii Dessert Laboratory in Canberra has welcomed the Bega Cheese announcement that it’s buying back Vegemite from US food giant...

Coffee battle in Perth

Lately there’s been a lot of focus on the coffee wars now brewing in Perth, the town that’s purportedly Australia’s most expensive coffee capital. The...

Shortage drives up value of hotel rooms

Sydney hotel values have gone through the roof. The undersupply of hotel rooms with so many converted into apartments has created a shortage of tourist...

Lockout battle continues after Baird exit

Mike Baird might be gone but his lockout legacy lives on. While Baird announced his shock resignation last week, the impact of his lockout is here to...

Crane Bar fined $5280 for grubby kitchen

The Crane Bar, the prestigious Potts Point late night bar, restaurant and music venue run by Sydney model and John Ibrahim's girlfriend Sarah Budge, has...

Hotel Jackalope to open on the Mornington Peninsula

Introducing the Hotel Jackalope – named after the  mythical animal of North American folklore depicted as a jack rabbit with antelope horns – will...

$143,000 in penalties for $18,000 underpayment of two overseas workers in Brisbane

A Court’s decision to impose $143,000 in penalties over two Taiwanese workers in Brisbane being underpaid $18,000 sends a message about the seriousness...

$125k back-pay for workers in south-east Melbourne

A former manager of an automotive repair business at Seaford in Victoria has been reimbursed $102,990 following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The...