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A sharp daily read on Australian food and beverage, the technology reshaping business and the conversations worth hearing.
Overnight Brief
Trending now- 10-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 as traders bet a Fed rate hike is coming— CNBC World, 16 Sep 2026 ↗
- How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil— MarketWatch, 16 Sep 2026 ↗
- Asus' ludicrous $10,850 20th-anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock...— Tom's Hardware AI, 16 Sep 2026 ↗
- PepsiCo lays off 143 workers at Prince George's County bottling plant— The Business Journals, 16 Sep 2026 ↗
- Danone, Intersnack to report on “healthy food” sales in UK— Just Food, 15 Sep 2026 ↗
The economy at a glance
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Industry pulse
Top 5 Australian F&B
The most commercially relevant food, beverage, retail and hospitality stories.
- 01Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Daylesford’s newest wine bar is on the water and ready for spring
From the Winespeake team, Leggatt Street boasts a 300-strong wine list, lake views and snacky plates. Plus three other openings in the area, including a bistro from a renowned chef. - 02Australian Leisure Management
Quayclean secures funding to enhance food-organics recovery at Sydney Showground
- 03Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
Find curry croissants and mochi pizza at this jazzed-up Japanese cafe and shochu bar
Through a nondescript doorway, Taiyo Sun pays homage to Japanese kissaten (teashop) culture by day, while nights are for shochu highballs and drinking snacks. - 04Australian Financial Review Retail
Family-owned poultry empire flips bird to private equity suitors
Baiada, Australia’s second-biggest poultry producers with brands Steggles and Lilydale, has spent $600 million on a new plant as it vows to stay family owned. - 05Spice News
Mountaintop hotel completes major renovation
A Queensland mountain retreat with sweeping views has unveiled its multimillion-dollar transformation, including elevated events spaces.
Signals shaping business
Top 5 AI & Tech
The developments most likely to change how teams operate, compete and make decisions.
Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup
02Euclyd raises $230M+ to develop chips for AI agents
03Enterprises in Shaky Spot Amid Calls for an AI Slowdown
04Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost
05The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it
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Public sector portals
16 SepSearch 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.
Western AustraliaWA Government Jobs — “food”All Western Australian agencies.
Australian Capital TerritoryCanberra Health Services CareersCatering and food services in ACT Health.Links open each government’s official jobs portal. We don’t list or store these roles.
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