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GOVT UNDER PRESSURE OVER BEER TAX AND REVIVING CITIES

Posted on February 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

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,

PUBS AND INDUSTRY VOICES UNITE FOR CUT IN DRAUGHT BEER EXCISE

Posted on February 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

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

PUBS ‘NEXT FRONTIER FOR CRIME’: CLICK-BAIT MEDIA

Posted on November 29th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

PATH TO REOPENING SEES LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL

Posted on September 17th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

NEW PUB PAY RATES SCHEME TO BE ‘BIG HELP’ TO SMALLER OPERATORS

Posted on September 8th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

PUBS PUSHING PASSPORTS FOR EARLIER REOPENING

Posted on September 1st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

The hotel industry is in talks with government on the pragmatic realities of reopening venues, based in vaccination rates rather than the seemingly uncontrollable case numbers. Hotels in NSW are reportedly considering supporting unvaccinated staff and patrons not being allowed

UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BOON FOR HOSPITALITY

Posted on June 16th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

A newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom could be good news for the struggling hospitality sector, and pave the way for a return to trade relations between the nations. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in Cornwall

BUDGET BLESSINGS MIXED FOR PUB INDUSTRY

Posted on May 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

STAFF SHORTAGE PROMPTING CASH FOR CHEFS

Posted on April 14th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

Lewis Group has announced it is offering a signing bonus of $2,500 for chefs as the industry feels the pinch of the labour shortage crisis. A Federal Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Migration was told this week of staff shortages

BRISBANE SWEATS AS LOCKDOWN LINGERS

Posted on March 31st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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