COVID has struck again, with the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) postponed again in 2021, as the NSW lockdown is extended and government rolls out the latest support measures. With no end date in sight for the current NSW restrictions, in response to rapidly growing COVID case numbers and the heightened risk in the Delta variant, […]
Suffering through their fourth lockdown Victorians were hit with the news this week businesses would be closed for another week, but relief has been forthcoming at Federal, state and private levels. The Victorian Government has announced the $70 million Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund 2021, supporting eligible hospitality venues. Grants will be provided to licensed premises
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The Federal Government has handed down the budget for 2021-22, bringing mixed results for the hotels and tourism sectors in a plan squarely aimed at Australia’s economic recovery. The latest and third budget from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg outlines record funding and big spending plans, primarily toward creating jobs and keeping unemployment low. Measures streamlining visa
A case of unexplained community transmission has prompted a snap return to restrictions for the Greater Sydney area – including the Central Coast, Wollongong and Blue Mountains. NSW Health authorities are working to trace new COVID-19 local infections, and renewed COVID restrictions came into immediate effect on Thursday at 5pm. The restrictions dictate: Masks are
Industry is pleading for a continuation to support as Brisbane is plunged back into lockdown just as JobKeeper ends, threatening closed doors for one of the year’s busiest holiday periods. From Monday afternoon more than two million residents of Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich and Redlands were only allowed to leave their homes for
NSW is close to welcoming a fresh chorus of easing coronavirus restrictions, coming into effect next week. The next round of changes brings some relief for stifled hotels with singing and dancing allowed again, ushering in the return of nightclubs, although all NSW venues will now move to a patron limit of one person per
The NSW Government this month launches its Dine & Discover voucher scheme offering citizens $100 to spend, joining initiatives around the country. The goal of Dine & Discover is to boost discretionary spending in key industries, such as hotels, cafes and restaurants, which according to the ABS reported trade still down close to 30 per
Announcement came today Victoria will go into lockdown again for five days, from midnight tonight, in a designated “short, sharp circuit-breaker” to stem the spread of the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus. Striving to prevent spread into the community and a third wave, Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the snap lockdown, due to end at
Perth and surrounding areas are in the midst of a snap lockdown dropped this week after a hotel quarantine security guard returned a positive COVID-19 result on the weekend. It has emerged that the guard from Perth’s Four Points Hotel delivered medicine to a returned traveller who had already tested positive for coronavirus. He is
Even as NSW and other states look to ease coronavirus trade restrictions a little further, industry bodies like the AHA are lobbying government for continued support for hard-hit sectors such as hospitality. The second round of the Federal Government’s $101 billion JobKeeper program is due to wind up in March, following tightened criteria and reduced
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