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Hot 50: John Lethlean and Necia Wilden’s 2015 top restaurant picks

Prepare to be bombarded. In the next couple of weeks every media outlet in Australia, from old school (like us) to new (like some website you’ve never...

Fleet, Brunswick Heads, NSW: restaurant review

It’s a shoebox, dominated by one vast cement slab. One side, diners; the other, host/waiter/sommelier (multi-tasking sorceress) and a barman. In the...

Coppersmith Hotel: glimmer of history in Melbourne pub

The coppersmith honoured in the naming of Melbourne’s Coppersmith Hotel was Ebenezer Drummond Menzies Thompson, a lifelong resident of South Melbourne...

Is the surge in the Adelaide food scene killing good service?

ADELAIDE’S dining scene might be enjoying something of a renaissance, but is the rush killing the service? The Advertiser asked readers on advertiser.com.au...

Surfing Australia turns to Lion lager after anti-alcohol ad funding dries up

Surfing Australia has turned to the alcohol industry for sponsorship, after funding from the federal government’s anti-alcohol health promotion organisation...

Hotel fire spreads to bush on Qld island

A FIRE that started at an abandoned north Queensland hotel has spread to bushland, forcing the closure of walking tracks and campsites. FIREFIGHTERS...

Buchan pub saved as crowd funding campaign raises $600,000

THEY asked for a buck and they got $600,000 - and now Buchan will have a pub once more. A crowd-funding campaign has cracked the ambitious target to rebuild...

Perth hotels rank with Sydney as most expensive in Australia

WA's economy might be in the doldrums but Perth still has the unenviable title as the joint most expensive city in Australia for hotel accommodation. A...

Just Open: Welcome to Thornbury food truck park

Welcome to Thornbury's much-anticipated launch is set for Friday, August 14, featuring some of the city's biggest food trucks in one spot.  Melbourne's...

Changes proposed to mandatory allergen labelling requirements

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on a Proposal to remove mandatory allergen labelling requirements for certain...