flawed legislation. The Liberals should have done better and they need to work out why they failed. Having said that, of all the business groups in Australia, the AHA is probably best placed to engage with the second term Albanese government. We have shown ourselves to work productively in the ALP preferred “tripartite” style. The AHA speaks up when we need to. We prefer raising issues face to face rather than continually taking pot shots like many other business groups, seemingly just to get their name in the paper. One of the critical ways in which business groups can ensure Parliament makes sensible laws is by ensuring Members of Parliament understand their business. The AHA is lucky that parliamentarians have some idea about pubs and accommodation hotels, and that has taken a lot of hard work by a lot of people over a long period. It’s important we should never miss the opportunity to let them know the issues impacting our
business – like the reason your pub restaurant is closed on a Monday or a Tuesday evening.
With a shortage of kitchen staff for example, it never hurts to walk a politician though the hotel kitchen and let him or her see the issues first hand. We are very lucky though that the leaders of the three main parties have worked well with the AHA in the past. They all have plenty of pubs in each of their electorates. Each of them is a public supporter of pubs and the social and economic benefits they provide. Grayndler has 43 pubs (PM Albanese - ALP), Farrer 81 pubs (Sussan Ley - Liberal), and Maranoa 115 pubs (David Littleproud - Nats). One thing I do know is that as politicians come and go, the 65% of pubs that are family-owned stay - as they have for generations.
And that’s a story we shouldn’t be afraid to tell no matter what the election result.
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