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Fire guts Melbourne pub part-owned by AFL player Dane Swan

More than 70 firefighters are battling the blaze at the three-storey Albion Hotel, which is also part-owned by former-Melbourne Storm players. Police...

Bill Shorten links penalty rates with parents affording private schools

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has defended penalty rates, saying the extra income is the difference between parents sending their children to private...

Australian Hotel and Brewery, Rouse Hill, taking on the world with its craft beer and cider

NOT bad for a small brewery in Rouse Hill. That’s the view of head brewer, Neal Cameron, at The Australian Hotel and Brewery, which manufactures a select...

Worker bashed, Vic pub razed by masked men

POSSIBLE extortion threats are part of a police inquiry into an arson attack that destroyed a South Melbourne hotel part-owned by Collingwood superstar...

Hipster diners - how Urbane, Ester and LuMi differ from Sagra and The Euro

Rene Redzepi, Jason Atherton and Heston Blumenthal are here. Ben Shewry is in demand across the world. And on it goes. Australia’s creative, contemporary,...

The Five Star Tourism Trend Opening Up Australia's Grand Old Sandstone Buildings

When it comes to history tourism, Australia's got nothing on Europe but an emerging trend is seeing the grand sandstone buildings of our young country...

Canberra’s hip new Joe’s Bar and East Hotel

Canberra has a hip new place to sup and sip. Joe’s Bar is on the ground floor of East Hotel, located at the Kingston and Manuka divide and across from...

Gold Coast restaurants aim to be known for high end dining

THE Glitter Strip is about to get just a little more shiny as restaurants lift their expectations ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Premium champagne...

Lockout laws work: regulation key to curbing alcohol abuse

When it comes to the alcohol industry and the public interest it seems fair to say never the twain shall meet. The alcohol industry, which encompasses...

Skimpy barmaids give way to quality food as Kalgoorlie-Boulder's historic pubs forced to innovate

Amid a tough economic climate and historically low levels of beer consumption across Australia, Kalgoorlie-Boulder's landmark pubs are having to up their...