For the 2018 World Cup, the joint bid from Spain and Portugal was second to Russia. Qatar beat the US by 14 votes to eight for the 2022 event.

Jack Reilly, an FFA directorat the time of the bid, said: “The time has come for there to be a dose of some good old-fashioned honesty in football.”

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its failed $43 million bid if allegations of corruption are proven but FIFA upholds its decision to stage the event in the Middle East.

A FIFA official described newvotes on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup venues as “a possibility”. FFA is concerned FIFA will deliver tournaments to the second-placed nations from the allegedly rigged 2010 ballots.

AUSTRALIAN  soccer officials fear the 2022 World Cup will be awarded directly to the US if Qatar is stripped of its hosting rights.

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After 16 months, we still don’t know if Bombers used banned drugs

SIXTEEN months after the so-called “blackest day in Australiansport’’, anti-doping investigatorshave been unable to establishwhether any Essendon playerswere given banned substancesunder sports scientist StephenDank’s supplements regime.

With the Australian SportsAnti-Doping Authority close tocompleting a final report of its in-vestigation into the AFL club, noplayers have been charged and the

most pressing question in theEssendon saga — whether anywere given a banned form of Thy-mosin — remains unanswered.

It appears ASADA may neverknow the precise chemical make-up of a Thymosin peptide it sus-pects was administered to at least adozen players at the club duringthe 2012 season. There is also dis-pute over whether a particularbatch of the peptide was adminis-tered at Essendon.

ASADA suspects players weregiven Thymosin Beta-4, a peptidebanned by the World Anti-DopingAgency. Mr Dank maintains —and Essendon believes — players

were given Thymomodulin, a legalform of Thymosin. Both peptidesare extracted from the thymusgland of cows. ASADA’s newly ap-

pointed chief executive BenMcDevitt will appear tonight be-fore Senate estimates, where hewill be quizzed on the time it has

taken anti-doping investigators tocomplete their work.

The difficulties in ASADA’s in-vestigation of Essendon emerged

as the lawyer representing sus-pended rugby league player San-dor Earl revealed the anti-dopingagency had dropped the traffick-

ing charges against the Canberrawinger. The trafficking offenceagainst Earl, which related to alle-gations he had taken the banneddrug CJC1295 he received from MrDank to the doctor treating ashoulder injury in 2011, weredropped late last week.

The Australian can reveal themost substantial development inASADA’s Essendon investigationsince the distribution of its interimreport 10 months ago is the evi-dence of Nima Alavi, a Toorak-based compounding pharmacistwho billed Essendon for 21 vials ofHexarelin, a banned substance,and 26 vials of “peptide Thymo-

sin’’ in January 2012. Mr Alavi, theproprietor of Como Compound-ing Pharmacy, has providedASADA with extensive testimonyin the past six months. He toldASADA that:

• Mr Dank placed an order forthe peptides.

• Raw materials for Thymosinand Hexarelin were provided tothe pharmacy by an Australian im-port/export company used byShane Charter, ASADA’s starwitness at the time of the interimreport.

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FFA fears cupwill go to USif bids corrupt

A TWO-WEEK campaign tosell what Tony Abbott insists is“the right budget for this time”has failed to deliver any boost forthe government after it handeddown the worst received federalbudget in more than 20 years.

The latest Newspoll, conduc-ted exclusively for The Austra-lian, shows the Coalition’sprimary vote remains stuck at a4½-year low of 36 per centdespite the efforts of the PrimeMinister and Joe Hockey to sellthe need for the controversialmeasures in the budget.

Labor continues to have ahigher primary vote than theCoalition, with its support virtu-ally unchanged, dipping from38 per cent to 37 per cent. The Greens edged up from 11 per centto 12 per cent. Independents andminor parties, including thePalmer United Party, weresteady on 15 per cent.

In two-party terms theCoalition improved by one pointbut it still trails Labor by a signifi-cant 46 per cent to 54 per cent, based on preference flows fromSeptember’s election.

Mr Abbott’s approval ratingsrose after the sharp fall immedi-ately after the budget, while BillShorten’s numbers eased after asurge a fortnight ago. But voterssaid the Labor leader remainedtheir clear choice as prime minis-ter. Mr Shorten maintained his10-point lead as the preferredprime minister, with his supportup one point to 45 per cent andMr Abbott up one point to 35 percent. One in five voters did notprefer either of them.

The poll of 1158 voters, takenat the weekend, showed Mr

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MAJOR business groups willembark on a community andindustrial campaign to cut Sun-day penalty rates across a range ofsectors, arguing it will increaseconsumer access to weekendtrading and provide more youthemployment.

Australian Chamber of Com-merce and Industry chief execu-tive Kate Carnell argued that ifpeople wanted shopping con-venience on Sundays they had toacknowledge that high penaltyrates — of up to 200 per cent —were stopping some businessesopening and limiting the tradinghours of others.

“We all expect to shop, eat andget pharmaceuticals on week-ends,’’ Ms Carnell said. “But weneed to address the profit issue forbusinesses that want to trade onweekends.

“I think Australians areaccepting that penalty rates needto be addressed to help small-to-medium mum-and-dad business-es create more jobs for our kids.’’

Ms Carnell has flagged thecampaign in the wake of a FairWork Commission decision lastmonth that limited Sunday pen-alty rates for inexperiencedcasual staff in the restaurant andcatering industry to 50 per cent.The commission acknowledged alink between penalty rates andemployment.

The Pharmacy Guild of Aus-tralia will target penalty rateswhen the Fair Work Commissionreviews the Pharmacy IndustryAward later this year.

The Australian RetailersAssociation is also examining apush to cut Sunday penaltieswhen its award is reviewed eitherlate this year or early next year.

Ms Carnell said ACCI was tak-ing to all its members and its stateaffiliates about penalty rates andwould mount an ongoing cam-paign.

While the government hasindicated it does not plan majorindustrial relations reform in thisterm, the employer groups willuse the Fair Work Commission’sreview of modern awards as theplatform to launch the campaignon penalty rates.

The push has Coalition back-bench support.

Victorian Liberal MP DanTehan told The Australian lastmonth’s Fair Work Commissionruling “conceded to the facts thatmany small business ownersalready know: penalty rates arehindering employment oppor-tunities’’.

While the tribunal’s full benchrejected the push to cut Sundaypenalty rates from 50 to 25 percent, it ruled that an additional25 per cent casual loading shouldno longer be paid to introductorylevel restaurant employees onSundays.

“The hope remains that moreindustries, such as tourism andagriculture, with similar needs asrestaurateurs and cafe owners,will be able to use the institutionof the Fair Work Commission toresolve their obstacles to growthand jobs,’’ Mr Tehan said.

He said the Fair Work Com-mission’s decision for restaurantsand caterers was “great news, par-ticularly for young Australianswho represent a large proportionof the industry and are sufferingfrom a level of unemploymentmore than double the nationalaverage’’.

“The decision is doubly signifi-cant in that it has sought to beginto resolve a frustrated industrialrelations matter without the needfor interference by government.By striking the balance betweenworkers’ interests and the necess-ity of feasible operations for theemployer, the commission hasshown that compromise isachievable,’’ Mr Tehan said.

Pharmacy Guild executivedirector David Quilty said pen-alty rates were “the industrial re-lations issue most commonlyraised by guild members’’.

He said there was no certaintythe Fair Work Commission’s de-cision earlier this month would

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Hail Fellows, breaker of media barriers

DAVID GERAGHTY

New REA Group chief executive Tracey Fellows, at her home in Melbourne yesterday, aims to maintain the realestate.com.au website’s No 1 position

IN the ego-driven, male-domi-nated world of Australian media,newly appointed REA Groupchief executive Tracey Fellows issure to stand out.

She is the first woman to heada major listed media companysince Maureen Plavsic at Sevenmore than a decade ago.

And she’s not running a smalloutfit; with a value of $5.9 billion,the company behind the nation’sNo 1 residential property website,Realestate.com.au, is second onlyto the international News Cor-poration on the Australian stock-market. It is more than twice asbig as Fairfax Media and worthmore than the Seven, Nine andTen networks combined.

Unlike some of her counter-parts at free-to-air television

broadcasters and newspaper pub-lishers, Ms Fellows did not learnthe media trade at the knee of amogul; she has spent her careerlearning while working for tech-nology giants such as Microsoft.Most recently she was a seniorexecutive at Australia Post.

With her IT background and

her status as the only female lead-er of a listed media company —Cathy O’Connor runs the Lach-lan Murdoch-owned Nova Enter-tainment radio network — MsFellows’s emergence is a reflec-tion of the tremendous changeupending the media industry,which is dealing with structural

challenges brought on by digitalmedia and the growing influenceof giants such as Google.

Barely a decade ago, REA andfellow online advertising opera-tors Carsales.com.au and Seek didnot exist. Today they are the threemost valuable media companieson the Australian Securities Ex-change behind News, Corp pub-lisher of The Australian, The WallStreet Journal and a 62 per centshareholder in REA.

Having accepted the job ofrunning a company that has usedinnovation to exploit Australia’slove affair with property, helpedalong by the financial support andguiding hand of News Corp, MsFellows does not overstate therole gender has played in her ca-reer.

“I don’t feel it’s a disadvantageor advantage,” she told The Aus-tralian. “But I do think there is

something without stereotypingthat means women are not as like-ly to put ourselves forward for ajob in a given situation.”

At Microsoft, the Canadian-born 49-year-old became the firstfemale leader of an entire region,a major step for a company withits roots in the male-dominatedworld of Silicon Valley.

When she was first asked tobecome vice-president for Micro-soft’s Asia-Pacific region based inSingapore, she had reservationsabout taking on a position that in-volved leading 3000 people.

“I said I don’t think I can’t doit,” she says. “My boss said, ‘Well Ithink you can do it, you’ve got aweekend to think about it but youmust feel confident you can do it.’If the guy was a different personand he decided to looked else-where I may never have taken

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A SENIOR Catholic Churchofficial is potentially facing ahistoric criminal prosecution forallegedly covering up child sexabuse committed by a priest, aftera report detailing evidenceagainst the official was referred tothe NSW Director of PublicProsecutions.

The confidential report, pro-duced by a special commission of

inquiry, was referred to the inde-pendent prosecutor’s office overthe weekend by the NSW govern-ment, which received the docu-ment on Friday.

The DPP is expected to con-sider whether the official shouldbe charged with either misprisionof a felony, an offence that was re-pealed from NSW law in 1990, orthe charge that succeeded it ofconcealing a serious indictableoffence.

Any prosecution could rep-resent the first time a Catholic of-ficial has faced trial within Aus-

tralia for concealing child sexualabuse.

While the official cannot bepublicly identified, the inquiry,led by NSW prosecutor MargaretCunneen SC, found enough evi-dence existed to pursue criminalcharges against him.

In an accompanying, publicpart of her report, Ms Cunneensaid: “There is sufficient evidencewarranting the prosecution of asenior church official in connec-tion with the concealment ofchild sexual abuse.”

Two Catholic priests, both

from the NSW Hunter Valley,have previously been chargedwith misprision of a felony,although neither ultimately facedtrial.

The first, Tom Brennan, diedin September 2012 shortly afterhis arrest, while charges againstthe second, Lew Fenton, were dis-missed by a magistrate in Marchthis year.

The state inquiry was estab-lished in November 2012, aftera serving police detective used a live interview on the ABC’s

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Spain’s king tostep aside for sonSPANISH King Juan Carloswill abdicate in favour of hisson Prince Felipe, the nationhas announced, ending a 39-year reign that ushered indemocracy but was later bat-tered by royal scandals.

The 76-year-old monarch,crowned in November 1975after the death of GeneralFrancisco Franco, is steppingdown dogged by ill health andwith his popularity eroded bypersonal and family scandals.

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Cosy winter weekends

Bennett gets crackling on piggery part of the plan THE second stage of Melbourne chef/restaurateur Shannon Bennett’s great Dandenongs dream comes to fruition this week when Piggery Cafe, at Burnham Beeches, opens its doors. The first stage, Burnham Bakery, with partner and head baker Tim Beylie cranking out sourdough and pastries, has already come on-line with BB supplying all the Vue Group outlets as well as several other big-name restaurants including Rockpool and Bistro Guillaume.

Piggery — in a restored piggery, of course — isbut the first step in Bennett’s grand plan (with business partner Adam Garrisson) to convert the magnificent Dandenongs property Burnham Beeches, which they acquired about three years ago, to a strikingly ambitious European-style food/hospitality/residential hub. The cafe will soon boast lawn bowls, croquet and bocce pitches.

The next phase, for next year, will be Steakhouse — an adjoining no-frills grill restaurant — and a microbrewery in partnership with Tasmania’s Moo Brew. In parallel, rural projects such as a 500-tree trufferie, extensive vegetable gardens and an emu enclosure are already complete; next will be Australia’s longest chicken run, says Bennett, and a small automated dairy. But the major project is restoration and recommissioning of the hotel — at one time the Nicholas family art moderne mansion — as a luxury retreat and restaurant, which will begin next year. A residential development on the Sherbrooke property will ultimately help fund the hotel’s restoration and launch, says Bennett.

THE other McConnell — Canberra-based chef Sean McConnell, brother of Melbourne chefs Andrew and Matt — is the food brain behind the next new ACT restaurant expected to grab attention. With QT’s Capital Grill recently on stream, Hotel Hotel is about to fire back with Godzilla, due to open this month with Sean McConnell as chef and Michael Gray as maitre d. McConnell has hitherto been working at Canberra’s Mocan and Green Grout, also in the NewActon precinct, and another business (along with A. Baker) owned by The Molonglo Group. McConnell pays more than lip service to the local/seasonal thing, but we’re told to expect a fewsignatures such as yabby jaffle, the 38-hour Boxgum Grazing pork neck bao with cucumber kimchi, and bacalhau churros, McConnell’s spin on Portuguese salty fish and doughnuts.

ROSA Mitchell, the diminutive Sicilian-Australian behind Melbourne’s terrific Rosa’s Kitchen, is set to do it all again with a new restaurant at the southern end of the city. Mitchell, currently in Sicily, will team with the same group for her Rosa’s Canteen: entrepreneurs Dave Mackintosh and Peter Bartholomew (Pei Modern, Lee Ho Fook) and Rosa’s head chef Lucy David. The new site is at the back of 500 Bourke Street, at the same level as neighbours MoVida Aqui and Paco’s Taco’s, both businesses Bartholomew is involved with. “Rosa is thinking Canteen will be more broadly Italian than the Sicily-focused Kitchen,” says Mackintosh. Expect an October opening.

THE team behind Hobart’s Ethos is set to expand its Elizabeth Street footprint with the establishment of a new, connected business that will share kitchen and dining space with the restaurant. The Providore will be established as a “New York-style” deli/grocery with dining space that will be used during the day, but become part of the Ethos dining space at night. Further plans for the historic CBD site include restoration of the basement to create cellars, a wine bar and cheese room. “Ethos itself will be getting a revamp and a renewed focus and refinement as the flagship,” says partner Chloe Proud.

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THORN PARK BY THE VINES, SA

HOW do you have your coffee?Mixed with frothy milk andserved in a polystyrene cup? Shortand black with a couple of sugars?With skinny soy and a dash ofvanilla syrup? Whichever way, it’sa fair guess it’s purchased from anoisy establishment where theksshh-ksshh of the coffeemachine and the banging of a fil-ter against a waste bucket adds tothe atmosphere of people rushingto get to work, drinking the brew— no matter how well made —somewhat absent-mindedly.

It’s time you enjoyed a coffee inmore peaceful surroundings, andwith a more relaxing after-effect.

Like your morning brew, thisparticular coffee also starts aural-ly, though with the moreseductive, jazzy tinkle of ice ontumbler. Then there’s the pop andcrackle of the ice fragmenting asthe tar-coloured liquid is pouredover it. Long before you lift thetumbler to your lips, the liquid’spowerful aroma wafts into yournose, and already you’re thinking,hang on, is this a pick-me-up or awarming alcoholic beverage?

That’s what I’m wondering as Itake my first sip of Mr Black coffeeliqueur, neat on the rocks, as rec-ommended by one of its two crea-tors, Tom Baker. (Though it alsoworks well in an espresso martini;more on that below.)

In fact, Mr Black is an alcoholicsleight of hand: most of the caf-feine evaporates during the distil-ling process so it has few, if any,stimulating effects. Except fromthe alcohol, of course, which isabout 25 per cent ABV.

But the taste! If only real coffeetasted this good. Unlike Tia Mariaand Kahlua, the mass-produced

brands of coffee liqueur, MrBlack is made in small batch-

es in a distillery in Erina onthe NSW central coast,

using a blend of Brazil-ian, Ethiopian andPapua New Guineanbeans. In 2012, apanel of blind-tast-ing liqueur expertsgave it gold at theInternational Wineand Spirits Compet-ition in London.

Mr Black is em-blematic of another al-

coholic trend —espresso martinis. No re-

spectable cocktail bardoesn’t have one on its list,

and at most it’s the biggest seller.Michael Truong, owner of

Melbourne bar Dirty Secrets, sayshis espresso martini often outsellsbeer schooners. They are rarelysold one at a time; rather, they arein small groups of four or five.

“It’s a social thing,” he says.“It’s like catching up with yourfriends for a coffee. Melbourniansare obsessed with coffee; cafesaren’t open at night, so peoplecatch up at a bar and have a coffeewith alcohol.”

The martini is everywherenow, and bars live and die bythem, Truong says. “It’s like coffeeculture; if people taste one that’sno good, they won’t go back.”

Melbourne bar Eau de Vietakes the concept even further,

topping it with a vanilla-saffronmousse that has been frozen inliquid nitrogen. Bar owner GregSanderson says the attraction,other than the taste, is the theatreof the presentation. Not that herecommends drinking more thana few.

“Otherwise you can’t get tosleep,” he says.

While in Adelaide at the newlyopened Publishers Hotel in thecity, sommelier Clinton Lucassays he can hardly keep up withdemand for the espresso martini.“I made 30 or 40 of them on Satur-day night,” he says. His preferredbrand of coffee liqueur is DoubleDripp. “Not too sweet, not toospirity,”he says.

At soon-to-open The Lanewayin Brisbane, Double Dripp is usedin the bar’s signature drink, TheLaneway Libation (along withbourbon, vermouth and bitters,among other ingredients).

And at Black Coffee Lyrics, aEuropean-style hideaway in Sur-

fers Paradise famous for its es-presso martinis, bar managerAdam Bastow uses a brand of cof-fee liqueur it commissions itselffrom a nearby distiller (usingEthiopian, Brazilian and Guate-malan beans) before adding afresh shot of espresso and otherspirits to make the espresso mar-tini.

Last month, world class MrBlack made its debut on DanMurphy’s shelves, and Tom Bakerand his distiller business partner,Philip Moore, have never beenbusier. From initially producingabout 45 batches a year, they arenow churning out up to fourbatches a week. Another point ofdifference from the mass-pro-duced varieties is that every batchof Mr Black is slightly different.

Moore says he adheres to theJapanese principle of kaizen —constant incremental improve-ments over long periods of time.“Nothing is ever made to the sameformula twice,” he says. “Theroasting can vary, the quality ofbeans can vary. If you’re dealingwith plants, they will be differentform one year to the next.”

In conversation, Moore’s gen-tle tone belies his occasionally sar-donic observations. He isdismissive of his rivals from thebig drinks companies, saying theydon’t have much coffee flavour.And he is bewildered by the sur-prise some people express whenthey taste Mr Black. “They say,‘Wow, it tastes just like coffee!’And I think, ‘Well, what did youthink it was going to taste like?’.”

Baker says the liqueur has uni-versal appeal. “The biggest thingthat unites our fans is a mindset,”he says. “We’ve got 65-year-oldminers in Broome and 18-year-oldcoffee snobs in Melbourne who alllove our product.”

FAB FOUR

CARS MINI savedsomething special

for this year’s prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza at the Villa D’Este in Italy by revealing a study for an open-top two-seater called the Mini Superleggera Vision. A collaboration with Italian styling house Touring Superleggera, the concept combines classic British roadster elements with a modern electric drivetrain. The body, with a striking rear fin, was hand-shaped from aluminium sheets while the tail-lights look like the Union Jack flag divided in two. The cabin, which features sports seats and central instruments in typical Mini style, adopts a minimalist approach with raw aluminium panels, matt paint and black chrome.

PHILIP KING

TRAVEL FIVE-STARAmazon River

operator Aqua Expeditions is due to launch its ultra-glam Aqua Mekong river cruise ship on September 30; details have just been released of three, four or seven-night itineraries between Cambodia and Vietnam. Michelin-starred, Australian-born chef and Thai food guru David Thompson is overseeing the culinary offerings onboard;

with just 20 luxe suites andeverything included, even most beverages and transfers, the Aqua Mekong

looks like bringing a lofty new benchmark to Asian river cruising. From $US3000 ($3224) a person twin-share for three-night cruises.aquaexpeditions.com

SUSAN KUROSAWA

HEALTH NANNA,looking

after the grandkids once aweek may be good for your health. According toUniversity of Melbourneresearch, postmenopausalwomen who take care oftheir grandchildren oneday a week have bettermemory and faster cognitive speed than thosewho don’t. “Social

engagement, positive mood enhancement, ongoing learning and mental stimulation have all been shown to reduce the likelihood of getting Alzheimer’s disease,’’ says associate professor Cassandra Szoeke, director of the Women’s Health Ageing Project. “These are all important elements for warding off dementia and grandparenting contains all these components.” But nannas shouldn’t overdo it: the research shows those who look after the little tykes five or more days a week have significantlyslower processing speed and planning scores. Basically, the grandmothers are mentally exhausted.

SEAN PARNELL

BEST SHOPS FOR thesecond

year running a new store has emerged as a winner in the online poll of Australia’s best independent wine shops, run by winemaker and blogger Dudley Brown of The Wine Rules. Wine Republic (pictured) in Melbourne’s Fitzroy opened just six months ago but has already been voted one of the country’s best specialty

stores, alongside Sydney’s Bonds Cnr Fine Wine

(also a winner lastyear) and Melbourne’sArmadale Cellars.Other winners are

Blackhearts &Sparrows (also in

Melbourne), the Heathcote Wine Hub and online retailer Vinomofo.thewinerules.wordpress.com

MAX ALLEN

GADGETS NOW that’sa knife! This

Lightsabre knife idea is one of many coming out of Electrolux’s search for the quirky appliances of tomorrow. It uses liquid metal technology — stuff that can

be re-molded atrelatively lowtemperatures — and

when you stick it inits scabbard it can

change the blade designon the fly into any oneof five different types,and also cleans itself. Abiometric sensor keeps itout of the hands of thekiddies. The knife is oneof the more sensible ideas;there’s also a drink blender that works by bouncing it on the floor.

STUART KENNEDY

THIS central coast getaway features villas, suites and cottages on an estate with the enviable bonus of an in-house restaurant conceived by chef Stefano Manfredi.

Never mind the rushed morning brew in a paper cup, it’s now the coffee cocktail that has us all talking

FRED PAWLE

ESPRESSO YOURSELF

Mr Black’sHard Iced Coffee (left)

60ML MR BLACK

120ML FRESH SKIM DAIRY MILK

Measure all ingredients into a cocktail shakerfull of quality fresh ice. Shake lightly and strain intoice-filled glass or pretentious Mason jar. Make this

bad boy navy strength with a 10ml dash of your favourite dark rum.

Black Coffee Lyrics Espresso Martini30ML RON ZACAPA 23 RUM

30ML BLACK COFFEE LYRICS COFFEE LIQUEUR

40ML COLD-PRESSED COFFEE

1 DASH FEE BROTHERS BLACK WALNUT BITTERS

5 COFFEE BEANS

5-10ML MAPLE SYRUP

Stir down and serve over an ice block

‘The biggest thingthat unites our fans is a mindset’

TOM BAKERDISTILLER

DINNER SO you don’thave time to

even think about cooking dinner? Help is at hand. Taking the concept of the food box delivery service one step further, Melbourne-based The Convenient Kitchen does all that and adds in a meal plan, recipes and ingredients as well. Sign up and you’ll get a three-night or five-night menu followed by delivery of the produce sourced from local providores: we were particularly impressed with the quality of the veggies and fresh herbs. Discerning foodies (or is that fussy eaters?) might take issue with some of the meal suggestions (orange and tofu salad?), but you don’t have to follow all the recipes, of course.theconvenientkitchen.com.au

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