{"id":777039433,"date":"2026-03-20T07:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039433"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:18:28","slug":"nsw-hospitality-and-racing-roadshow-kicks-off-2026-tour-in-moree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-hospitality-and-racing-roadshow-kicks-off-2026-tour-in-moree","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales Hospitality and Racing 2026 roadshow to launch in Moree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New South Wales regulator will engage  with industry stakeholders as the state-wide outreach program enters its fourth year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The <strong>New South Wales Government\u2019s Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow<\/strong> 2026 will start in <strong>Moree<\/strong> on March 31. The first free event, led by Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW and the <strong>Office of Responsible Gambling<\/strong>, will be held at the Moree Social Co House.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be open to venue operators, licensees, Aboriginal representatives and community leaders from across the Moree Plains and surrounding regions. Previous editions were held in locations including Bega Valley, Broken Hill, Albury, Central Coast and Ballina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tarek Barakat<\/strong>, Hospitality and Racing deputy secretary, said of the roadshow: \u201cIt will provide an opportunity to those attending to hear directly from our executives, ask questions, stay up to date with regulatory priorities and connect with peers from across the sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barakat added that the sessions also allow authorities to better understand regional challenges and opportunities, while gathering feedback to inform future policy and regulatory approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moree event will cover a range of topics, including upcoming reforms, licensing requirements, local hospitality and gambling trends and harm minimisation strategies. Information stalls will offer direct access to teams from Hospitality Concierge, Licensing and Liquor Accords alongside representatives from GambleAware service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Moree stop, the 2026 roadshow series is set to visit <strong>Griffith, Canterbury-Bankstown, Deniliquin and Queanbeyan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/NSW-National-party-rejects-prepaid-gambling-cards-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-introduces-facial-recognition-code-to-curb-gambling-harm'>New South Wales introduces facial recognition code to curb gambling harm<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New South Wales regulator will engage with industry stakeholders as the state-wide outreach program enters its fourth year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777028008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The New South Wales Government's Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow 2026, led by Liquor & Gaming NSW and the Office of Responsible Gambling, will engage industry stakeholders on regulatory priorities, upcoming reforms, and harm minimisation strategies. This initiative facilitates direct communication between the regulator and licensees, gathering crucial feedback to inform future policy and governance frameworks within the state's gaming and hospitality sectors.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales Government, Liquor & Gaming NSW, Office of Responsible Gambling, Tarek Barakat, Hospitality Concierge, Licensing and Liquor Accords, GambleAware","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Moree, Bega Valley, Broken Hill, Albury, Central Coast, Ballina, Griffith, Canterbury-Bankstown, Deniliquin, Queanbeyan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Policy Reform Trajectory","query":"Beyond general 'upcoming reforms,' what specific legislative or regulatory amendments are being considered for the NSW gaming and hospitality sectors, and how might stakeholder feedback from this roadshow directly influence their final form?"},{"label":"Regional Compliance Impact","query":"Given the focus on 'regional challenges and opportunities,' how does Liquor & Gaming NSW plan to integrate this localised feedback into a harmonised state-wide regulatory compliance framework, particularly concerning licensing and harm minimisation strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[289,25036,337],"class_list":["post-777039433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-australia","tag-liquor-gaming-nsw","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777039433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039471,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039433\/revisions\/777039471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}