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2 December 2011 - Channel 9 News
Top 10 most violent venues

30 October 2011 - ABC News
Qantas Grounding

 

Business sector dismayed at Qantas Grounding - ABC News

The Australian Hotels Association of WA has accused Qantas of grounding its fleet when the country was at its most vulnerable.

The Association's CEO Bradley Woods says the company could have delayed the decision by several days.

"The Qantas board deliberately chose to take this action at a time when Australia was most vulnerable in the context of CHOGM being in Perth, the Melbourne Cup, a range of major sporting events throughout Australia," he said.

"I believe it's very disappointing that the Qantas board has made this decision at a time when Australia is in the international spotlight. Click here to read more.

 

6 October 2012 - Channel 9 News
Special ISAF Event Declaration - City of Fremantle

23 June 2011 - ABC News
Education and Health Standing Committee Final Report

23 June 2011 - Channel 7 News
Education and Health Standing Committee Final Report

23 June 2011 - Channel 10 News
Education and Health Standing Committee Final Report

2 June 2011 - Channel 10 News
Pre-loading and discount liquor

10 May 2011 - Channel 7 News
Use of breathalysers in venues

9 May 2011 - ABC News
Alcohol Strategy

9 May 2011 - Channel 10 News
Binge Drinking and Alcohol Fuelled Violence

6 May 2011 - 7:30 Report ABC
Rising Cost of Dining in Perth

23 March 2011 - Channel 10
Auditor General's Report - Liquor Control Act

23 March 2011 - ABC News
Auditor General's Report - Liquor Control Act

 

23 March 2011

WA alcohol laws 'not effectively' enforced or monitored - PerthNow

Police and the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor are not effectively monitoring or enforcing the responsible service of alcohol in WA, a scathing report has found.........Australian Hotels Association WA chief executive Bradley Woods said the report was an "interesting observation of the complex and difficult issues being faced by licensees, police and government agencies'', but did not offer any proper or fair reflection of how seriously the hospitality industry treated its obligations. Click here to read the more.

 

A crackdown on licensees recommended - ABC News

A new report has found that police and Government officials could be doing more to crackdown on hotel licensees who break the law. .......The Hotels Association's Bradley Woods says licensees are being made the scapegoats. "As much as the police, licensees or government agencies can try and stop it, individuals will continue to try and get drunk and they've been doing that since alcohol was created," he said. Click here to read more.

 

WA leads in fight against glassing with tempered glassware in Perth pubs and bars
- The Sunday Times, 27 February 2011

PERTH pubs and bars will be among the first in Australia to introduce tempered glassware to reduce the potential for them to be used as weapons. Racing and Gaming Minister Terry Waldron and the Australian Hotels Association have been working to introduce the safety glass, which is identical to standard glass in look, feel and weight, but shatters on impact instead of exposing dangerous shards.

The replacement scheme is not compulsory, but the AHA is recommending its members take part in the "progressive" rollout, expected to take up to a year. The AHA said the system would be self-regulatory and some publicans had already agreed to the changeover. AHA chief executive Bradley Woods said he expected most hotels and bars to change over to tempered beer glasses in six to 12 months. Click here to read more.

 

1 February 2011 - Channel 7
Police Barring Notices

 

Minister vows to fight for tourism cash - The West Australian
14 January 2011

WA is lagging behind the rest of the nation in hosting big-ticket events and needs to "lift its game", according to new Tourism Minister Kim Hames. In his first public comments on the tourism portfolio since the Cabinet reshuffle last month, Dr Hames said he would fight for a bigger slice of the State Budget to attract events.... Australian Hotels Association chief executive Bradley Woods described Dr Hames' comments as "a very refreshing, articulate and honest assessment of the problems we are experiencing with events in this State".  Click here to read more. 

 

Events calendar needs more attention and more cash - The West Australian
14 January 2011

New Tourism Minister Kim Hames is right when he says WA is lagging other States in hosting big-ticket events and needs to lift its game..... Australian Hotels Association (WA) chief Bradley Woods proposes a budget of $50 million as a starting point, a suggestion that should be taken seriously. Click here to read more. 

 

Oprah Winfrey to give away Perth trip
23 November 2010

PERTH will be under the spotlight in the United States when Oprah Winfrey gives away a trip to Perth on her show next week. The Oprah Winfrey Show is travelling to Sydney from December 7 to 15 and taking 300 Americans with it.

Oprah announced on Tuesday she would give away a trip to Perth for one of her audience to travel to the Western Australian capital with a guest before meeting up with the group in Sydney. Click here to read more.

 

23 November 2010 - Channel 10
WA on Show

 

Growth of the Hospitality Industry
19 October 2010

Bradley Woods, AHA CEO comments on the need for more workers in the growing Western Australian hospitality industry. Staffing shortages in WA are particularly prevalent due to the growth of the mining sector. The AHA urges Government to relax visa restrictions, which will allow semi-skilled workers from overseas to fill this void. Hiring mature aged workers will also immediately bolster the staff shortage in the industry.

19 October 2010 - ABC National

Growth of the Hospitality Industry

 

Oprah's Invitation to Western Australia
15 September 2010

Oprah Winfrey is heading to Australia - New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland and is bringing 300 of her US viewers to record two episodes of her television program. At this point in time Western Australia is not yet on the map. The Australian Hotels Association (WA) is committed to seeing Western Australia promoted as a dynamic, exciting and vibrant tourist destination. Click here to view more.

15 September 2010 - Channel 10
Oprah's invitation to Western Australia

 

Glassing Bans

10 August 2010

AHA says some venues need to ban glass

The Australian Hotels Association (WA) today backed calls by Premier Colin Barnett for some problematic venues to replace glass with a safer alternative to reduce the impact of glass attacks. Click here to read more.   

10 August 2010 - Channel 9
Glassing Bans

 

10 August 2010 - Channel 7
Glassing Bans

 

10 August 2010 - Channel 10
Glassing Bans

 

Red Bull Air Race Cancellation

5 August 2010

Perth needs its own running of the bulls - "wangle.com.au"

Last week’s announcement that the Red Bull Air Race series would be cancelled globally in 2011 is disappointing for each and every host city, but in Western Australia it has highlighted some significant failings of the Tourism Western Australia Board for relying so heavily on one foreign-owned major event.4 August 2010. Click here to read more.   

5 August 2010
Tourism WA is letting the State down, says AHA - "perthnow.com.au"

THE Australian Hotels Association has launched a stinging attack on Tourism WA and its chairperson Kate Lamont. Writing for WA website www.wangle.com.au the association’s CEO Bradley Woods said WA needed to think big and develop its own running of the bulls, Glastonbury Festival or Guggenheim Museum. Click here to read more.

4 August 2010
Our last big event just fell out of the sky - "The West Australian p21 - Beatrice Thomas"

Air race nosedive is yet another blow for a State with a part-time Tourism Minister. The announcement that next year's Red Bull Air Race series has been cancelled in Perth and worldwide did more than just free up a weekend for about 300,000 people.   Click here to read more. 

 

 

 

 

29 July 2010 

WA to lose $20m from Red Bull Chop, says AHA - "perthnow.com.au"

The hospitality industry has slammed Tourism WA over the cancellation of the Red Bull Air Race, saying the state could lose up to $20 million in business. Click here to read more.

 

Red Bull Air Race axing leaves 'massive tourism void' for WA - "watoday.com.au"

The Red Bull Air Race has been cancelled worldwide, robbing Western Australia of a flagship tourism event worth up to $20 million a year to the state's economy. Tourism WA has been informed that the organising body has axed all stages of the global event for 2011. Click here to read more.

 

Tourism WA slammed over Red Bull chop - "thewest.com.au"

The chief of WA's peak hotel body has lambasted Tourism WA, saying the agency had left the State dangerously exposed to the prospect of the Red Bull Air Race being cancelled. After news this morning that the Perth foreshore event had been axed, Australian Hotels Association WA chief executive Brad Woods said Tourism WA had “put all its eggs in one basket” in attracting the air race. Click here to read more.

 

29 July 2010 - Channel 7

Red Bull Air Race Cancellation Complete Clipping

 

29 July 2010 - Channel 10

Red Bull Air Race Cancellation

 

29 July 2010 - Channel 9

Red Bull Air Race Cancellation 

 

3 May 2010 - Today Tonight Channel 7

Responsible Consumption of Alcohol Albany

 

3 March 2010 - A Current Affair

Industry holds RSA line in face of inappropriate action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 February 2010 - ABC Stateline
WA Hospitality Industry Labour Shortage - click here to watch the story

A labour shortage is being experienced in the hospitality industry, with chefs and other kitchen workers being poached by mining and resources catering companies. 

 

30 November 2009 - Channel 7
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011

 

13 November 2003 - Today Tonight Channel 7
Shop Watch Liquor Price Survey

 

16 September 2009 - ABC News
Smoking Legislation

 

11 July 2009 - Channel 10
Sniffer Dog Drug Crackdown

 

10 July 2009 - ABC Stateline
Meeka Idol brings community together

 

4 June 2009 - Channel 9 - A Current Affair
PPCA Tariffs

 

6 May 2009 - Channel 9 News
Outdoor Smoking Bans - Alfresco areas 50%

 

6 May 2009 - ABC News
Outdoor Smoking Bans - Alfresco areas 50%

 

24 April 2009 - ABC News
Booze Industry's 'big tobacco' tricks revealed

Western Australian health researchers say they have uncovered evidence of the industry's strategies to distract public debate and to avoid potentially damaging policies such as tax hikes.  

The Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Hotels Association in Western Australia, Bradley Woods, says the research is flawed. Mr Woods says the papers are 15 years old, and do not relate to the alcohol industry in Australia. He says the papers refer to the Millers brewing company in the United States of America.

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17 April 2009 - ABC Stateline
Proposed Outdoor Smoking Bans
 

31 March 2009 - Today Tonight
City in Strife - Violence in Northbridge

 

28 March 2009 - Weekend Australian
Barnett gets Halls Creek Nightmare

Formidable lobbyists in the form of the Australian Hotels Association are manning the barricades in the fight over Halls Creek. The sight of a calm, collected Bradley Woods, the AHA's West Australian secretary, debating Aboriginal hospital worker Robyn Long on ABC's Lateline on Monday night should have created anxiety among chiefs-ofstaff within the Liberal-Nationals alliance. Woods is a powerful stakeholder in all things liquor in Western Australia, and media savvy. Click here to read more

 

24 March 2009 - ABC Radio

Federal Government wants more alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley

The Federal Government has called for the WA Government to bring in more alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley region, as the state's director of liquor licensing considers severe limits in Halls Creek. But in some areas the Federal Government's welfare bonus payments are being blamed for increased alcohol consumption, and attendant social problems.

AHA(WA) CEO Bradley Woods suggests that the Commonwealth's economic stimulus payment, which deliver large amounts of money indiscriminatly, could be hindering the overall strategy to reduce alcohol related harm.

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23 March 2009 - ABC Lateline
Calls for total alcohol ban in Halls Creek

 

20 February 2009 - ABC Stateline
Alcohol Bans Under Scrutiny

 

 

21 January 2009 - Today Tonight
Uni Students Binge Drinking

 

7 January 2009 - Channel 9 - A Current Affair
Banning Thugs in Clubs

 

19 November 2008 - Channel 9 - A Current Affair
Savage Attack - Glass Weapons

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