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Two hospitality gurus have unleashed an extraordinary attack on 'whining' and 'self-entitled' young workers for making it 'almost impossible' to run a business.  Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham, founders of Mary's Group which owns Sydney's iconic Lansdowne and Unicorn hotels, used their podcast The Fat to take aim at 'lazy' employees who never had to endure the era of abusive bosses in the early-2000s. Mr Smyth, who began working at McDonald's the age of 14, said the industry had over-corrected from the 'bad old days' where managers would scream at kitchen and bar staff. He said the treatment of younger staff in the last few decades had left workers without perspective and in need of a reality check.   Hospitality gurus Kenny Graham and Jake Smyth believe many young workers in the industry today don't have same work ethic which has seen them succeed 'It's almost impossible to run a business now without offending somebody. It&#

Australians would typically lose more than $2,200 a year in retirement savings if a planned superannuation increase was scrapped. Compulsory employer super contributions are due to climb in stages from 9.5 per cent now to 12 per cent by July 2025. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, however, has hinted the government is considering reversing that increase so workers have more money in their pocket now rather than having it put toward retirement.  An Australian earning an average, full-time salary of $89,123, before tax now receives $8,466 a year in super. Scroll down for video  Australians would typically lose more than $2,200 a year in retirement savings if a planned superannuation increase was scrapped. Compulsory employer super contributions are climbing in stages from 9.5 per cent now to 12 per cent by July 2025. Pictured is a Sydney hospitality worker Under the planned increase of superannuation contributions to 12 per cent, that amount would have climbed by $2,229 to $10,695 annually. Pla

Andrew Cuomo was on Monday forced to cancel his Thanksgiving plans hours after saying his 89-year-old mom and and two daughters were coming to dinner.  The New York governor had told WAMC: 'My mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. But the plans change. But that's my plan.' His comments sparked a fierce backlash online with Twitter users, including Meghan McCain, noting Cuomo had urged others to stay home over the holidays.  The Democrat's office later confirmed he had canceled those plans, saying the governor will now work 'given the current circumstances with COVID'. Senior adviser Rich Azzopardi said: 'As the Governor said, 'The story is my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan, but the plans change. That's my plan. I'm going to work — I've got a lot of work to do between now and Thanksgiving,' and given the current circumstances with COVID, he will have to work through Thanksgiving a

Pictured: Jack de Belin NRL star Jack de Belin expected he could do whatever he wanted to a woman who was in the closed bathroom of a Wollongong unit, a jury has been told. 'He expected when he walked around naked it would inevitably lead to sex,' prosecutor David Scully said on Tuesday in his final address at the footballer's rape trial. 'He formed the view it was going to happen whether the complainant liked it or not. 'He took that sex by force ladies and gentlemen.' The St George Illawarra forward, 29, and his friend, Callan Sinclair, 23, have pleaded not guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault, saying the early-morning encounter in a North Wollongong unit in December 2018 was consensual. Mr Scully told the jury de Belin had hoped and indeed expected sex would occur, after meeting the 19-year-old at a bar before the trio went to the unit. The woman testified she asked to use the bathroom when de Belin led them to the unit 'to charge his phone&

Broken bottles, used condoms and countless cigarette butts were found strewn across Noosa's iconic Main Beach after thousands of Schoolies descended on the tourist town.  Up to 5,000 teenagers travelled to Queensland's Sunshine Coast over the weekend for a week of wild partying to celebrate finishing their last year of school. A distinct lack of nightclubs in Noosa meant the the town's beloved beaches have served as the meeting point for many revellers, with residents waking up to find their favourite swimming spots unrecognisable. One resident who was going for her morning stroll around the town on Tuesday said she was horrified to see a trail of rubbish sprawled across the sand. 'What a shame that on my daily walk around beautiful Noosa I have to spend it dodging broken glass, used condoms, cigarette butts, cream canisters, cans and bottles,' she wrote in a now deleted Facebook post.  'Who allowed this to happen?' An enormous alcohol-fuelled party on Sat

Investigators are probing whether a pizza shop worker whose lie about how he contracted coronavirus put South Australia into strict lockdown illegally gained access to another quarantine facility. The state was plunged into one of the toughest lockdowns the world has seen after a 36-year-old Spaniard falsely claimed he didn't work at a popular pizza bar. The man's lie led health officials to conclude he had caught the deadly respiratory virus from a pizza box after he pretended to only be a customer. Fears were sparked that the virus had mutated so rapidly that it could now be transferred on a cardboard box, plunging the state into a strict lockdown. But the man actually worked at the Woodville Pizza Bar in Adelaide's inner north-west. It was later discovered the man also worked as a kitchen hand at the Stamford Hotel quarantine facility.  The state was plunged into one of the toughest lockdowns the world has seen after a 36-year-old Spaniard falsely claimed he didn't w

Shocking new footage has emerged of a police officer pepper-spraying two girls after video showed her being kicked to the ground by the same cop. Two 16-year-olds and a shirtless man were arguing in the park at Melbourne's St Kilda Beach on Sunday afternoon. One girl was being restrained by the man wrapped in a towel while the other girl marched directly towards a Victoria Police officer. 'Oh my God go f**k yourself,' she yelled at him. As the screaming girl approached the officer he lifted up his right leg and delivered a swift kick to her stomach, instantly knocking her to the ground.   Unseen footage taken by different witnesses shows the same officer pepper-spray both girls seconds after the kick. The video showed a girl in a bikini scuffling with a man, before the second girl in black approached the cop and was kicked to the ground. The bikini-clad girls then charged towards the officer, prompting him to pepper-spray both of them. One of them approached the officer a

Ghislaine Maxwell is in quarantine after a guard working near her cell inside a Brooklyn jail tested positive for coronavirus, court filings revealed on Monday. The 58-year-old British socialite, the former girlfriend and accused 'madam' of Jeffrey Epstein, has been detained in the Metropolitan Detention Center, in Sunset Park, since July, ahead of her July 14 trial. Maxwell has been charged with six federal counts including enticement of minors, sex trafficking, and perjury.  She tested negative for COVID-19 on November 18, and is showing no symptoms, wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey in a letter to Judge Alison Nathan. Ghislaine Maxwell, pictured in 2013, has tested negative for COVID but is in quarantine Maxwell is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Maxwell's former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail last year awaiting trial The letter was filed in Manhattan Federal Court.  She will remain in quarantine at the

Australia's iron ore exports have surged to a record high despite a series of trade sanctions and threats from China. The commodity used to make steel is so in demand it accounted for more than a third, or 36 per cent, of Australia's exports in October. Iron ore exports last month hit a record high of $10.9billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Tuesday. While China has punished Australia's barley, wine, lobster and timber exporters, the superpower's construction and heavy manufacturing industries are too dependent on iron ore to forego it as part of a trade war. Australia's iron ore exports have surged to a record high despite a series of trade sanctions and threats from China. The commodity used to make steel is so in demand it accounted for more than a third, or 36 per cent, of Australia's exports in October with $10.9billion shipped overseas The $325million or four per cent surge Australian iron ore exports to China coincided with a big incr

Veteran: Andrew Hastie served his country in Afghanistan A special forces veteran turned federal MP says 'humble' Australian soldiers need to be honoured and supported despite the 'great shame' of war crimes allegations. Andrew Hastie, who served in Afghanistan as a troop commander in 2013 before becoming Liberal MP for Canning in WA two years later, said ADF leaders are responsible for failing to stop the alleged murder of innocent Afghans  in the 'degrading cockpit of war'.  He said the reality of human nature is that 'people do bad things when they are left unaccountable' - and firm leadership was lacking from the 'very top of the command chain'.   He made the comments in an essay, first published in The Australian, reflecting on a four-year ADF inquiry which found evidence of 39 murders of civilians or prisoners by 25 Australians serving in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2016.  Mr Hastie, who is not under investigation, said he 'feels great sha

A dosing error by researchers on the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine trial led to a huge boost in the jab's success rate, the firm's vice president has revealed. Mene Pangalos, head of AstraZeneca's non-oncology research and development, said: 'The reason we had the half dose is serendipity.' Volunteers in Britain were expected to receive two full doses of the vaccine as it was trialed in the hope of funding a cure. Dr Pangalos says researches were perplexed when they noticed volunteers were reporting much milder side effects, such as fatigue, headaches and arm aches, than were originally predicted.   He said: 'So we went back and checked ... and we found out that they had underpredicted the dose of the vaccine by half.' Dr Mene Pangalos, from AstraZeneca, revealed a 'mistake,' led to one volunteer group receiving half of their first dose - but scientists later discovered that dosage was more effective than a full one He said the team nonethele

February 7, 2012 I started early with a walk across St James's Park to the Royal Academy and met Antonia Fraser, looking good in fur, Charles Saumarez Smith chief executive of the then letting us in early to the David Hockney exhibition.  It was a wonderful privilege to see it without anyone else there, room after room of happiness and joy, a sunshine quality with those radiant landscapes of East Yorkshire and the Dales. I went to the Abbey for the Dickens commemoration. The Prince of Wales appeared, with his usual smiling if slightly agonised look, along with Camilla, who told me how they'd been to the Dickens Museum and I ought to go.  He asked: 'How's the garden?' I said: 'Stunning, but you've never seen it.' The Prince of Wales appeared. He asked: 'How's the garden?' I said: 'Stunning, but you've never seen it.' The Prince of Wales appeared, with his usual smiling if slightly agonised look (Pictured: Sir Roy Strong in the Sil