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Let the Tires Down
Gilded dining rooms, PR-funded junkets, and the extravagant twig: why the world’s most influential lists remain stubbornly out of step with our vibrant industry.
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The Sound and The Fury
As our cities grow denser and more tightly-packed with competing desires, who gets to decide what a neighbourhood sounds like?
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High Note: A Masterclass in Programming
In just two years, High Note has established itself as an anchor of Melbourne's music scene – proving a venue doesn’t need scale to be a big hitter.
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Mad, Mad World
For the first time in seven years, food changemakers and thought leaders gathered in Copenhagen tents for MAD Symposium.
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When a Restaurant Changes a Town
In a Tasmanian town marked by economic decline and a traumatic history, a fine dining restaurant opened in the ruins of a psychiatric hospital. Eight years on, has The Agrarian Kitchen ushered in a new era for New Norfolk?
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From the Kitchen; For the Kitchen
Staff meals do far more than feed employees – they nourish the culture of the venue and impact how cities eat.
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Girl Boss
Australian hospitality groups have woefully few women in top leadership positions. Is it any wonder that harassment and assault are rampant?
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The Post-Fusion Equation
Embracing the complexity of immigrant Australian food and business.
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Fire, Fish and Finger Lime
Australian food finally gets its international moment in the spotlight.
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The Big Steal: Part II
Wage theft is not a story of good vs evil. It's a policy and practical failure at multiple levels of society – how do we start to fix it?
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The Big Steal: Part I
Underpayment of wages costs workers and the economy billions of dollars in Australia every year. Who is at fault? And what are the solutions?
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Beyond the Binary
The language of dining is heavily gendered. How can businesses adapt to be more welcoming to an increasingly diverse workforce and customer base?
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Feed it Forward
Covid inspired a new wave of hunger-alleviating action on the part of the hospitality industry. How can we harness that energy and make feeding our communities an integral part of the culture?
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The Non-Alcoholic Revolution
No booze no longer means no fun. Hospitality insiders reflect on their journeys and why no- and low-booze drinks are here to stay.
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5 Essential Chef Memoirs
The best chef memoirs entertain, enlighten, and answer the question: Why do we do this to ourselves?
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Service with a Sneer
The hospitality business is named as such for good reason. So why do the clichés of the snobby bartender and the condescending waiter persist?
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Critical Juncture
Did the pandemic that turned hospitality on its head also shake up the role of the food reviewer?
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In the Family Way
With skilled employees more valuable than ever, the industry needs to lift its game to support and retain new parents in the workforce.
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Jackpot The Future of Pubs and Pokies
Given the issues surrounding pokies and the general shift in hospitality to quality over quantity, do they have a place in the Aussie pubs of the future?
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Exposed
A first-person account of what it’s like to run a hospitality business in the age of Covid.
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The Art of War
The culture we build is based partially on the stories we tell. Those stories need to change.
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