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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

I have extensive experience providing accounting, taxation, and business advisory services to a broad range of clients, from high-net-worth individuals to large private businesses and subsidiaries of foreign multinationals. I regularly assist foreign businesses and investors entering the Australian market, providing initial structuring and setup advice, strategic tax planning, ongoing operational advice, and fully outsourced […]

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 […]