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Pen Your Passion

Have you been into a bookstore lately? If you’re anything like me, you would have gazed around in awe at the selection of cookbooks, filled with distinctive...

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Reimagining Bakery

Reimagining Bakery Beware the neophobes: they are the people who are afraid of change. With a dislike of anything new, they are the bane of food developers....

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Tools to Encourage Award Adherence

Tools to Encourage Award Adherence The Fair Work Ombudsman employs inspectors who have a range of investigatory powers, including the power to compel a person to produce...

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We Could All Learn from the French

We Could All Learn from the French For a suburban Aussie baker, I’ve been very fortunate throughout the last 10 years to have some of the most...

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Stop, collaborate and listen

Stop, collaborate and listen Collaboration is integral to life and success; without it, businesses would go bust and entire industries would fail. Even kitchens wouldn’t be able...

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The stakes were high at fashion week

Fashion Week 2015, under the umbrella of the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show held in Tulsa, the US, was all about seasonal runway presentations. With it, came...

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A baker’s worth

Bakers have a concept in their head of what they are worth and what pay and conditions are enough for their experience and effort. The concept is...

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J’adore Paris

I am now on a much-needed cleanse after an indulgent tour of the best patisseries Paris has to offer. We are really spoilt for choice in Paris....

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Rosters and family responsibilities

Here's an example of how not to handle a roster change. An employee who had childcare responsibilities was found to have been unfairly dismissed after the Fair...

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Video is Poised to Dominate, But Can You Afford It?

By 2018, Cisco predicts 84 per cent of all internet traffic will be produced video. With increasing accessibility and faster internet speeds, more and more people will...