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A sharp daily read on Australian food and beverage, the technology reshaping business and the conversations worth hearing.
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2026-09-06 · The daily briefing
Top 5 Australian F&B
The most commercially relevant food, beverage, retail and hospitality stories.
- 01Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Could you handle the enormous kebab platter at this Iranian restaurant?
- 02Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
‘Marvels to behold’: Where to try the $399 pastry that’s too beautiful to eat
- 03Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Hit this Fremantle cafe for ace brunching, then return after dark for modern bistro thrills (if you can get a seat)
- 04Inside FMCG
OMG raises $1.5m as Slades Beverages takes strategic stake
- 05The Shout
Sydney Royal Wine scholarships give emerging professionals hands-on experience
Signals shaping business
Top 5 AI & Tech
The developments most likely to change how teams operate, compete and make decisions.
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02Artificial Analysis overhauls its Intelligence Index after GPT-6 Astra scoring drew skepticism
03Stripped-down Windows 11 for AI developers demands 64GB RAM and insane 250 GB/s bandwidth — Project Zenith will debut on AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Halo platform
04OpenAI shares prompting tips for GPT-6 Astra including a blocklist of slop words
05Taiwan cracks down on tech businesses with illegal Chinese ownership — 166 investigations and at least 36 convictions since 2020
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Jobs in Food Service
Current Australian openings at the major food and beverage employers we track.
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Government F&B Jobs
6 portalsSearch food and hospitality roles directly on each government’s own jobs portal.
NationalAPS Jobs — “food”Every Australian Government agency.
National · DefenceAAFCANS CareersCafes and canteens on Defence bases.
New South WalesI Work for NSW — Food ServicesPre-filtered to food services.
VictoriaCareers.vic.gov.au — “food”Victorian public sector roles.
QueenslandSmart Jobs and CareersAll Queensland departments.
South AustraliaCareers.sa.gov.au — Food & HospitalityFood and hospitality hub.Links open each government’s official jobs portal. We don’t list or store these roles.
Recruitment agencies
FMCG & manufacturing desks
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Senior & leadership appointments
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