NSW Floods – Retail Sector Updates and Support

OVERVIEW: Severe flooding across New South Wales’ Mid North Coast and Hunter regions has triggered emergency evacuations, damaged key infrastructure, and disrupted retail operations across the state. The Australian Retailers […]

ANZAC Day Trading Hours 2025

The following is a state by state breakdown of the public holiday information for ANZAC Day 2025. When is ANZAC Day 2025? ANZAC Day is on Friday, 25th of April […]

Easter Public Holiday Trading Hours 2025

The following is a state by state breakdown of the public holidays across the Easter period, with additional information on trading hour restrictions and how they differ between jurisdictions. Understanding […]

NSW ANZAC Day trading restrictions legislated

On 15 August 2024, the NSW government passed new legislation that will ban trade on the ANZAC Day public holiday for all national retailers operating in NSW. Taking effect from […]

ARA Leasing Issues for FY25

Purpose/Overview The ARA’s Leasing and Franchising Committee members have pulled together their collective top Retail Leasing concerns/issues for FY2025 – being the matters that Retailers should currently look out for […]

Aggressive FWC reform agenda, with big impacts for retail sector

Fair Work Commission (FWC) President Hatcher has announced a decision to commence a new matter to consider whether modern awards require amendments to reflect impending changes to casual employment terms, […]

Information for Australian retailers impacted by CrowdStrike

On Friday 19th July, a little-known computer update called CrowdStrike Falcon triggered an IT meltdown that took down digital infrastructure, systems and terminals on a global scale. Seemingly all at […]

ARA secures additional wins in application to improve retail award

Following the ARA’s application to vary the General Retail Industry Award (GRIA) in February 2024, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) last week released determinations to vary clauses 21.2 & 15.7 (c) […]

Westfield Bondi Junction Incident: Latest information and support services

The ARA is dedicated to ensuring you stay informed about ongoing developments following the tragic events at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday 13 April. We have been working with the […]

Allegra Spender MP shares keynote address at ARA Leaders Forum 2024

Allegra Spender MP, Independent Member for Wentworth, shared an important keynote address to our audience at Day One of ARA Leaders Forum 2024, which outlined her political vision and support […]