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Category Archive: Business

Coffee Economics: the symbiotic story of coffee and real estate in Melbourne

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Carnegie locals are getting used to something new: queuing for their coffee. Photo: Scott Barbour. By Peter Barrett On […]

May 11, 2017 Business, Lifestyle, News, real estate

Seccull House for sale: Your chance to own a piece of 1970s Melbourne history

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By Peter Barrett. 1972. Led Zeppelin cut their Kooyong concert short due to rain, Carlton beat Richmond in […]

April 18, 2017 Lifestyle, News, real estate

Finding a balance: How to blend period homes with modern design

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Domain cover story By Peter Barrett It used to be that real estate agent Arch Staver could stand […]

March 4, 2017 Business, Lifestyle, News, real estate

Buyers have a taste for an epicurean escape on the Mornington Peninsula

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By Peter Barrett When the traffic jams and pressures of city living finally became enough for Kew-based art […]

January 30, 2017 Business, Lifestyle, News

We’re having (another) baby!

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My assistant, Alby Barrett, and me, surveying our new office in Vietnam. Photo: Emma Byrnes. Well, sort of. I’m […]

June 28, 2016 Business, Lifestyle, News, People, Travel writing

How good is Australian olive oil?

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Sui Tham at her Olive oil grove, Cape Schanck Olive Estate which has won gold and best-in-class medals […]

May 7, 2016 Business, Food, People

Australian whisky strikes gold

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Gold awards for Melbourne whisky label Starward are helping Australian whisky gain traction internationally. Photo: Shaiith. When it comes […]

April 12, 2016 Business, Food, News, People

Craft beer boom means heady days for hops growers

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Allan Monshing, farm manager of Rostrevor Hop Gardens in Eurobin, is a third-generation hops farmer. Photo: Peter Merk. Somewhere […]

March 9, 2016 Business, Food, News

Flower Drum celebrates 40 years

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June 6, 2015 Peter Barrett Australia’s best Chinese restaurant has just turned 40. Since opening in 1975 and scoring […]

August 4, 2015 Business, Food, Lifestyle, News, People

In conversation with Simon Griffiths

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Social entrepreneur Simon Griffiths at his city bar Shebeen. Photo: supplied It’s been almost a year since I […]

October 10, 2014 Business, Issues, People

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