Browse Directory

NSW government offers $100K to late night hospo traders during the Vivid Sydney festival

The NSW government announced last week that it would pay a combined total of $100,000 to 12 bars and restaurants near Circular Quay to cover any additional...

Popular Japanese burger chain chef dies suddenly at age 38

Kerby Craig, founder of the successful Japanese burger chain Ume, has died at the age of 38. Over the years, the celebrated chef had worked at Michelin...

Melbourne restaurant fined almost 20K

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a total of $19,980 in penalties in court against the former operators of a restaurant in Melbourne. The Federal Circuit...

ACCC targets Airbnb for misleading consumers over advertised rental prices

Airbnb is now under fire from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for failing to clarify whether its prices are charges in Australian...

Pub baron buys Noah’s Backpackers Bondi Beach for $68M

Pub baron Jon Adgemis has bought Noah’s Backpackers in Bondi Beach for $68 million. The sale, billed as one of Sydney’s biggest development opportunities,...

BrewDog set to open new craft beer pub at Pentridge prison with more to follow around the country

Thanks to a new partnership with Australian Venue Co (AVC), Scottish craft beer giant BrewDog is set to expand its brewery and taproom footprint. BrewDog...

Footbrawl at posh French restaurant ends in apology, suspension, and a broken hand

An upmarket French restaurant was the scene of a footbrawl earlier in the week when two Melbourne Football Club footballers came to blows. Steven May...

Art Gallery of NSW defends use of taxpayer dollars for extravagant wining and dining

Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand has come under fire for billing taxpayers for his extravagant social life during COVID.  Brand is accused of...

Victorian pub changes its name and loses COVID support payments

An East Gippsland pub is trying to get over $100,000 in COVID business support cash they claim the Victorian Government has denied them due to a criteria...

Sydney eateries face pay investigations

The Fair Work Ombudsman is making surprise visits to restaurants, cafés and fast food outlets in inner Sydney food precincts this week to make sure that...