Before the day
begins.
A sharp daily read on Australian food and beverage, the technology reshaping business and the conversations worth hearing.
Overnight Brief
Trending now- Saudi Arabia crude oil exports hit highest level since Iran war began despite pipeline outage— CNBC World, 26 Sep 2026 ↗
- Fed Faces Prospect of Another Interest Rate Increase Just Before Midterm Elections— The New York Times, 26 Sep 2026 ↗
- SK Hynix’s Solidigm Is Said to Weigh US IPO as Soon as 2027— Bloomberg, 26 Sep 2026 ↗
- Latest on Tyson beef plant in Pasco: ‘Entire industry in PNW is watching’— Yakima Herald, 25 Sep 2026 ↗
- Coca-Cola’s Secret Dividend Weapon Is a Business Model Most Investors Overlook— 24/7 Wall St., 25 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.
- 01Food & Wine
6 Essential Restaurants in Perth, Australia
- 02Sydney Morning Herald Good Food
With a promising new talent in the kitchen, the future of this model Fremantle small bar looks promising
- 03Inside FMCG
Saputo Dairy Australia launches high-protein long-life milks
- 04The Shout
Australian Women in Wine Symposium advances gender equality
- 05Food & Beverage Industry News
Understanding the economic potential of Australia’s spirits sector
Signals shaping business
Top 5 AI & Tech
The developments most likely to change how teams operate, compete and make decisions.
Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing
02Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
03Deploying real-time personalized speech with Qwen3-TTS on Amazon SageMaker AI
04Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
05Notre Dame’s network refresh shows the AI era starts with paying down technical debt
Hiring now · Refreshed daily
Jobs in Foodservice
Current Australian openings at the major food and beverage employers we track.
Private sector roles
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Public sector portals
26 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.
Recruitment agencies
FMCG & manufacturing desks
National coverage
Senior & leadership appointments
Retained search
Temp & project placements
Plant and site based
One line · One new world
Puzzle of the day
Draw one continuous path from the rocket to the planet, filling every tile once.
Open today’s puzzleSide hustles · Worth a look
Side hustles
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