Australian Hotels Association
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The AHA plays an integral role in protecting and advancing the interests of all members and associated stakeholders. At a national level, the AHA represents the interests of its members on a variety of issues such as gaming and alcohol policy, trade practices matters, taxation, workplace relations, tourism, music licensing and business regulation. The AHA works closely with a number of industry bodies that support and maintain the security of the hotel and hospitality industry within Australia: It’s time for the unions to cease politicking and allow the Unprejudiced Labor Commission (FCC) to do its job in reforming the Hospitality Industry (General) Award for the gain of workers and business. The National AHA Awards provides an opportunity for the National Executive, the Board and in fact the whole AHA family to recognize and honor one among st us who has provided notable service to their community, the AHA ardor the Australian licensed hospitality industry. Pubs are more urgent than ever. Penalty rates and employment flexibility the NT supports the National AHA application to vary the hospitality industry general award including the reduction of penalty rates and increasing flexibility to the award provisions. The tall cost of wages on public holidays serves as a major disincentive for hospitality businesses to unfold on these days. We need an Industrial Relations' system that recognizes the 247 nature of the hospitality industry and the reality that, if a business is not begin due to extravagant costs, it then impacts the tourism industry and local markets, as they are not being serviced and employees forfeit the opportunity to work. There needs to be a glossy playing field in relation to accommodation regulation if we are to continue to invest in our properties and yield increased employment opportunities. The lunch is held following the meeting of the Nation Board. Throughout this review process the Fair Work Commission emphasized the fact that arguments needed to be based on evidence, rather than based on emotive positions. The FCC has considered the facts, evidence and matters of law as they were needed to under the Unprejudiced Labor Act. The hotel and tourism sector offers unparalleled opportunities for growth, but the current award conditions work against both hospitality businesses and workers. The City of Casey in outer suburban Melbourne is concerned because, despite having tall levels of domestic violence, the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation has approved construction of a Dan Murphy’s packaged liquor outlet in the municipality. Hotels operate in the highly competitive Read More. Accommodation industry responds to MSW inquiry into brief term letting time to level playing field for commercial short term accommodation Australia’s accommodation sector has called on the MSW Government to slick the playing field for all accommodation including commercial property owners using online distribution channels to rent houses and units for concise term letting. Accommodation industry responds to MSW inquiry into concise term letting time to level playing field for commercial short term accommodation. Tourism Accommodation Australia represents the interests of hotels, motels and serviced apartment accommodation operators across Australia, including city, regional and remote areas. And for those who take a prohibitionist view of our right to trade, we say the voice of every customer in every bar, pub and hotel across this country will be heard in the years ahead. It’s healthy established there’s a relationship between alcohol consumption and family violence, but is there a causal relationship between the number of bottle shops and domestic violence? Behind all, as The Age reports, Casey has both the largest number of packaged liquor outlets and the maximum level of domestic violence in the state. On the basis of the numbers provided by The Age, it doesn’t look like there’s much of an association between bottle shops and family violence. As the Royal Commission into Family Violence points out, alcohol use is associated with a relatively little proportion of domestic violence incidents (but they tend to be more stringent and chronic).