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Hospitality, health care and education lead 43 per cent jump in 457 visa granted in Tasmania

THE  number of 457 visas granted to bring overseas workers to Tasmania has jumped more than 40 per cent as the state faces a skills crisis. New figures...

Osteria Oggi, Adelaide: restaurant review

Tripe. Of all the offal, it’s the one most likely to offend. And it’s us Baby Boomers at fault. We grew up without knowing the straitened times of...

Transport Department moves bus stop to northern suburbs from outside Mayfair Hotel on King William St

BUS passengers to the northern suburbs are unhappy they have had their stop outside Adelaide’s newest five-star hotel moved at the request of the establishment’s...

Camel milk is coming

by Leon Gettler Australian could soon be drinking camel milk. Sydney born Hannah Purss, 27, and her South Australian partner Evan Casey are building...

$22k for two Mornington Peninsula workers

Two workers on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula have been back-paid a total of $22,000, following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman. A...

Dirtiest places in hotels

by Leon Gettler Trip planning web site TravelMath sent out a team of researchers to nine different hotels to take samples of what lies beneath the gleaming...

Australia’s top 10 restaurants

by Leon Gettler Online restaurant booking service Dimmi’s People Choice Awards for Australia’s best restaurants is out and the results are surprising:...

Hilton targets the millennials

by Leon Gettler Hilton hotels has created a new brand focused on capturing the market of budget travellers looking to spend $90 to $100 a night. With...

Dollar and China drive Australian wine exports

by Leon Gettler Australian wine exports surged 14 per cent to reach $2.1 billion in 2015, up two per cent on 2014, according to Wine Australia figures For...

The world’s best restaurants accept phones

by Leon Gettler Mobile phones in restaurants are no longer taboo. Just don’t use them for conversations. This is because of social media: people love...