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Delays on redevelopment of Shelly's on the Beach cafe

THERE continues to be delays to the redevelopment of Shelly's on the Beach café, according to a commercial services committee report to the Ballina Shire...

Newcastle cafe rescue: strangers save mother, baby trapped under car

Some were sipping lattes, others were drinking schooners, and more still were on foot to grab a bite to eat. But for less than a minute on Friday, a...

Victoria needs nutrition labels on fast food, say experts

New South Wales does it, as do South Australia and the ACT. Queensland has just promised to jump on board. So why isn't Victoria doing it, too? That's...

Closed Food and Wine Fest can’t pay existing creditors

NOOSA International Food and Wine Festival director Jim Berardo has given up hopes of restoring the festival in 2016 and said he will be unable to pay...

New food apps could see home cooks takeout takeaways

WE COULD soon be bidding farewell to the fish and chip shop and saying ta-ta to the takeaway Thai if a plan to transform the way we eat, in the same way...

Pub baron Laundy had Deputy Premier Troy Grant's ear ahead of liquor reforms

Deputy Premier Troy Grant met pub baron Arthur Laundy before making controversial changes to speed up liquor licence approvals, his diary shows. Community...

Chef Carluccio is ready for a corroboree

“We are born greedy,” 78-year-old Italian superstar chef Antonio Carluccio says. “From the first moments we reach out and scream for something and...

Anise Wine Room, Brisbane: restaurant review

The driver gives two thumbs up to a corner place called Taj Mahal as we cruise Brunswick Street. He’s from New Delhi and dreaming of a franchise of his...

Police hunt three burglars amid fears they twice targeted Melbourne café

Police are hunting three failed burglars, who they suspect may have twice targeted a café in Melbourne’s west. Two men and a woman used a hammer...

Powerful explosion rips through Sydney shop

A powerful explosion has destroyed a fast food shop in Sydney’s south, shattering the shop’s front windows and hurling debris onto the street. Flames...