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Cleaners at Oaks Hotels & Resorts back-paid $1.9 million

A major Australian hotel chain has back-paid 1500 of its cleaners a total of $1.9 million after underpaying them as a result of misclassifying them as...

WA pokies debate

The big sell-off of the TAB has led to a big debate in the state about a surge in gaming. The Barnett Government had been investigating the sale of the...

De Angelis acquires Uncle Bucks

The family operated De Angelis Group has acquired the Uncle Bucks Hotel in Mt Druitt from the Lantern Group. In its statement to the market, Lantern said...

Restaurant workers underpaid almost $15,000

A restaurant operator in north-west Tasmania has agreed to reimburse three employees almost $15,000 after failing to pay them during a downturn in business. The...

Sushi chain caught falsifying pay records

A sushi restaurant chain has narrowly avoided legal action for producing false pay records by agreeing to overhaul practices across its outlets and donate...

Select Concepts Tiered Seating System

How simple is it to create a multi-purpose function space which fulfils the needs of all community and council events? Western Plains Cultural Centre...

Star acquires Sheraton Mirage

Listed gambling company Star has confirmed plans to buy the beachfront Sheraton Mirage resort on the Gold Coast to create a “European Beach Club”. The...

Rockpool sold to Urban Purveyor Group

The big news over the weekend was that Neil Perry’s Rockpool Group has been sold to the Quadrant Private Equity-backed Urban Purveyor Group for an undisclosed...

A lower backpacker tax on the cards?

Labor has flagged it might consider cross-bench proposals to reduce the proposed backpacker tax to as low as 10.5 per cent. The government has already...

Marriott’s big expansion plans

The newly merged Marriott International plans to create a massive footprint across the Pacific. The plan is to double its size in Australian and New Zealand...