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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Veganism is getting the crowds in. Veganism is often considered a hippy pursuit. But the results are in – visitors, especially city people visiting regional towns – love options, and Castlemaine in Victoria is attracting crowds based on its animal-friendly practises. Nikki Medwell, pictured above, is able to run an animal shelter on the funds raised by her vegan B&B. Continue reading →. Penalty rate change coming from the top. The Tasmani...
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Veganism is getting the crowds in. Photo: Nikki Medwell from Elphinstone runs a vegan B&B which pays for her animal rescue shelter. (ABC Central Victoria: Larissa Romensky). Castlemaine tops the list of most vegan-friendly small town in Australia. From ABC.net.au. Cafe owner and vegan Caithlin Meave and her daughter Iskhar. ABC Central Victoria: Larissa Romensky). She said the town reflected the growing popularity of the vegan movement in...
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No Plan B for bus driver with broken arm - TheTourismNewsTheTourismNews
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. No Plan B for bus driver with broken arm. By Kieren Banks at the NT News. A GREYHOUND bus driver battled through the pain of a broken arm after colliding with a cow to drop his passengers at a roadhouse before seeking medical help. The driver hit the animal 15km south of Daly Waters but turned the bus around and drove to a highway roadhouse. He was then transported more than 160km to Mataranka for medical treatment. A Queensland tourist s...
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Dreamworld owners avoid tax and culpability - TheTourismNewsTheTourismNews
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Dreamworld owners avoid tax and culpability. Editorial by Veronica Hope, TTN 27th October 2016. The Dreamworld tragedy in which four people were killed could have been avoided. Work Health and Safety law in Australia is about accountability – a death that nobody could have seen coming is less punishable than paper cuts that happen every day and are allowed to continue happening. According to Ardent Leisure’s Annual Report FY14/15. Group C...
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Small mining town pins hopes on tourism. Only 5 ‘fire-fit’ staff for 5000 visitors a day. Community & Public Sector state union secretary for Tasmania Tom Lynch (pictured) has taken issue with the numbers of Tasmanian National Park staff ready to deal with bushfires. The government denies the under-resourcing of parks staff, but closes the biggest parks to the public on total fire ban days. Continue reading →. Except that just the review ...
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Complete plastic bag ban edging closer - TheTourismNewsTheTourismNews
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Complete plastic bag ban edging closer. Picture: Cairns Councillor Brett Olds is leading the push for plastic bags to be banned from one Cairns Council town. Plastic bags thing of the past under new Palm Cove concept. Danaella Wivell, The Cairns Post. October 4, 2016 6:30am. PLASTIC bags could soon be a distant memory for Palm Cove residents and visitors as leaders push for a community-wide ban in the next six months. It’ll be a lot bette...
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Qantas Chairman's Club: 'priceless' gift to MPs - TheTourismNewsTheTourismNews
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Qantas Chairman’s Club: ‘priceless’ gift to MPs. Comment by Veronica Hope, Editor of The Tourism News. See revelations by ABC below commentary. Turnbull knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Decisions such as the approval of new airports in regional areas could be considered against Qantas’ interests if that airport would provide competition to Qantas. Competition is better for the Australian consumer and tourist; competi...Malcolm...
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. State News: South Australia. Grey nomads turning ruined town into attraction. Photo: Stonemason Ron Johnson works a wall of an historic building in Farina, South Australia. Ever fantasised about restoring a historic building? Adelaide Fringe gets balance wrong for 2016. Charles Sturt council paves over existing tenants. Tourism operators asked to help solve heinous murder. 4-seater, energy positive solar car draws crowds. A South Australi...
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. Category: New South Wales. State News: New South Wales. Brain-eating virus causes lake closure; thanks AGL. RSL sub-branches close whilst group sits on millions. RSL board being paid off with development $ $. Regional airports need red tape cut for tourism. 20,000 indigenous artefacts found in central Sydney. Creative thinking investment can limit violence. Submissions invited for alcohol law review. Ratchet straps were all that was holdi...
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RSL board being paid off with development $$$ - TheTourismNewsTheTourismNews
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Independent news for Australian tourism and hospitality operators. RSL board being paid off with development $ $. By Veronica Hope, 5th October 2016. Most interestingly is that RSL LifeCare is effectively a developer, and with the amount of community subsidies and pokie money that goes through the RSL businesses and government, any payment of size rings huge alarm bells. Federal RSL president Rod White defends receiving tens of thousands of dollars from within organisation. Questions have been raised abo...
