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Hotels under pressure: The issues shaping the sector ahead of the Hospitality Real Estate Summit

10/08/2026

Ahead of the Hospitality Real Estate Summit on 9 September 2026 in Melbourne, where SW Partner Tim Stillwell will join Matthew Elefanty from BSP Lawyers in a fireside chat on Hotels Under Pressure: Gaming, Tax & Governance Risk Across Australia — with a Victorian Lens, we look at the issues driving that conversation. Australia’s hotel […]

Payday Super is coming for hospitality & gaming: Are your payroll and rostering systems ready for 1 July 2026?

16/02/2026

From 1 July 2026, ‘Payday Super’ is set to replace quarterly super with a payday-by-payday model, meaning super must be paid on payday and received by the fund within 7 business days, with a longer timeframe in specific ‘new fund’ or ‘new employee’ situations. The legislation was passed by both Houses on 4 November 2025, […]

Increase to national minimum wage

15/06/2022

The Fair Work Commission has increased the national minimum wage by 5.2% or roughly $1 an hour to $21.38 an hour. The Hospitality and Tourism sector, along with other hard hit industries like Aviation, has been given a temporary reprieve with the wage increase to apply from 1 October 2022. The wage increase however has […]

Tourism, hospitality & gaming

23/11/2021

The hospitality and gaming industry (THG) covers a diverse range of sectors like gaming, lottery, hospitality and tourism. We bring a strong foundation of knowledge and expertise, providing tailored, sector-specific solutions for your business. Within the gaming sector, our expertise spans the areas of independent operational analysis and review, auditing, business continuity planning, debt and […]

Andy Lau, Partner

03/11/2021

Andy has extensive experience providing accounting, taxation and business advisory services to a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from high net worth individuals to large private businesses and subsidiaries of foreign multinationals. He regularly assists foreign businesses and investors on their move to Australia, providing initial structuring and set up advice, strategic tax planning, ongoing […]

Impacts of South Australia’s snap lockdown on the hotel and hospitality sector

16/02/2021

Last week The University of Adelaide’s South Australian Centre for Economic Studies (SACES) released a research report commissioned by the state’s Australian Hotels Association (SA Branch), highlighting the impacts of November 2020’s short, sharp lockdown which was introduced due to a community outbreak of COVID-19. SACES has urged the State Government to adopt a more […]