The Albanese Government has this week undertaken a landmark Jobs and Skills Summit, attended by more than 140 representatives, with staffing in hospitality key on the agenda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers led the two-day event, inviting business, unions and industry stakeholders to discuss the workforce crisis and economic challenges. The Summit […]
Australia’s ratcheting tax on draught beer has risen again, this time representing the biggest increase in more than three decades, prompting further debate amid economic constraints. The world has been experiencing uncomfortably high inflation post-pandemic, largely as a result of supply chain and labour disruptions as countries hunkered down. Linked to CPI, the biannual indexation
The Federal Government has issued its much-anticipated budget for the coming year, and critics are saying it is tainted with pre-election flavour, with only modest gains for small business and hospitality. It appears Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be staying on the cans, as one promise that did not come was the hotel industry’s push
The Beachfront Hotel in Darwin is being sold by NT icon Doug Sallis, representing the first freehold going concern sale in many years. Occupying a massive 7,000sqm site, it is close to the CBD, Hospital and the Territory’s largest retail centre – Casuarina Square – in what is deemed one of Australia’s fastest-growing urban regions.
The troubled Crown Resorts empire is demanding new mandatory pre-commitment measures to be imposed on the casino apply to all licensed venues with gaming machines – starting with Victoria’s pubs and clubs. Last week it was revealed the Andrews government will implement what was a core recommendation out of the Royal Commission into Crown last
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The campaign for relief on beer excise – for pubs and patrons – continues its push on government, highlighting the multiple taxes paid to simply enjoy a glass of beer. An initiative against beer becoming ‘liquid gold’ began last week, fronted by the National AHA, with Clubs Australia and the Brewers Association. Beer excise has
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Industry associations are joining pubs and clubs in calling for relief from the ratcheting tax on draught beer, as businesses attempt to recover from the impacts of COVID. A campaign fronted by the National Australian Hotels Association, along with Clubs Australia and the Brewers Association, is rolling out around the country, starting in Queensland this
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The hospitality industry and Associations are again defending the role of pubs and clubs in society, in light of the latest round of naïve finger-pointing by click-bait media. According to Nine Entertainment (the merged Channel 9 and Fairfax Media) the pub and club industries are in the middle of a money-laundering “scandal”. Bolstering the argument
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A hard-earned thirst to get back to the pub is brewing as the light at the end of the tunnel comes into focus for locked-down venues to reopen, in a matter of weeks. The NSW and Victorian governments are poised to lift stay-at-home orders and allow venues to welcome back patrons – so long as
Pubs and hotels have been granted powers to put senior permanent staff onto one single higher rate, without complex penalty rates, in a move expected to make the system simpler for smaller operators. Following an industry proposal to introduce so-called “loaded rates”, pubs can now pay key full-time staff award wages at a higher rate,
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