THE COMPLIANCE MAP · AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALITY
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Every regulator has a question for your venue. The answer is in the Sauce.
See which SaucedIt modules manage the compliance requirements affecting your venue. Pick your state and the map redraws for the regulators you actually answer to.
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Five regulators are Commonwealth and ask the same question in Perth as in Parramatta. Five change the moment you cross a border.
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- Module
- Risk
- Regulator
- Commonwealth · identical everywhere
- State or territory · changes at the border
Regulator marks are original illustrations drawn for this map. They are not official agency logos and imply no endorsement by any regulator.
Regulators are named by their operating name and principal Act rather than their parent department, because departments get restructured and regulator names do not. Positions verified against Commonwealth and state government sources as at August 2026. Obligations vary by venue type, licence and headcount, and this map is a product overview rather than legal advice.
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What changes in New South Wales
RSA and RCG are government-issued competency cards that expire every 5 years
Staff hold portable cards renewed through a Liquor & Gaming NSW refresher, not a fresh RTO course. That is a per-employee expiry clock the venue has to track.
Venues over 20 gaming machine entitlements need a Responsible Gambling Officer
Introduced 1 July 2024, with more than one required above 100 entitlements. Each RGO holds Advanced RCG, a qualification with no equivalent in any other state.
No labour hire licensing scheme
Unlike Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT, a NSW venue has no host-side duty to verify an agency's licence.
Five modules. Every regulator on the map answered.
Open a module to see what it does, the risk it manages and the regulator it keeps you ready for.
HR
Records · contracts · tickets · leave
4 RISKS
7 REGULATORS
One employee file per person, across every venue. Contract, classification, tickets, expiry dates and the leave clock that runs on your state’s Act.
- Centralised records with version history
- Certification and ticket expiry tracking
- Long service leave accrual on the right state clock
Record keeping failure
Fair Work Act 2009 s.535 · 7 year records
Lapsed certifications
RSA, RCG/RSG and food safety supervisor
Leave & entitlement errors
NES · state long service leave Act
Privacy & data breach
Privacy Act 1988 · OAIC
Events & Compliance
Incidents · hazards · AML/CTF · audits
- Incident and hazard logging with escalation
- AML/CTF risk assessment and program support
- Audit ready exports for EOFY and inspection
Injury & psychosocial harm
State WHS or OHS regulator · workers compensation
Food safety breach
State health authority and councils
Money laundering exposure
AUSTRAC · state gaming regulator
Record keeping failure
Inspectable records, produced on demand
Payroll
Award rates · AI pay run audit · super
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7 REGULATORS
- MA000009 and MA000119 rate automation
- AI pay run audit before you approve
- Super calculated per pay, ready for Payday Super
Wage theft & underpayment
Fair Work Ombudsman · Fair Work Commission
Superannuation shortfall
ATO · Super Guarantee
Leave & entitlement errors
NES · state long service leave Act
Record keeping failure
FWO · ATO STP Phase 2
Roster & Timesheets
Rostering · timeclock · hours · cost
- Rosters costed against award rates before publish
- Timeclock to timesheet, single thread to payroll
- Fatigue, isolated closes and hour patterns visible
Wage theft & underpayment
FWO · penalty rates are set at the roster
Record keeping failure
Fair Work Act 2009 · time and wages records
Injury & psychosocial harm
State WHS or OHS regulator · fatigue and rostering
LMS
Inductions · courses · competency expiry
- Inductions and courses delivered on mobile
- RSA, RCG/RSG and food safety supervisor tracking
- Expiry alerts on each state's refresher cycle
Lapsed certifications
State liquor, gaming and food regulators
Injury & psychosocial harm
WHS induction and training duty
Food safety breach
FSANZ Standard 3.2.2A · food handler training
Full coverage in New South Wales
The whole picture in one table. Every regulator, the instrument it works under, the risk it covers and the module that handles it.
Fair Work Act 2009
Wage theft & underpayment, Leave & entitlement errors, Record keeping failure
Lapsed certifications, Food safety breach
// Dates for the diary
Four dates every venue operator should have in the diary
Each one already has an answer in the Sauce. Two of them come with a free tool you can run today.
10 years
Wage theft is now criminal
Intentional underpayment carries up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of the greater of $1.565m for an individual or $7.825m for a company, or three times the underpayment.
In force since 1 January 2025
Payday Super
Super guarantee must be received by the employee's fund within 7 business days of each payday. The ATO assesses the charge and interest compounds daily.
From 1 July 2026
AML/CTF reform
Gaming venues need a current risk assessment, an AML/CTF program that reflects actual operations, trained front line staff and documented transaction monitoring.
Commenced 31 March 2026
Psychosocial duties
Hazard identification now formally extends to psychosocial risk. Hospitality's exposure sits in rostering, fatigue, customer aggression and isolated closes.
Every jurisdiction, on its own instrument
Two free tastes of the Sauce
Both run today and both land in your inbox as a report.
FAIR WORK · PAYROLL
AI Pay Run Audit
Upload a recent pay file. We recalculate every shift against the award and send you a variance report, line by line, with the rule behind each difference.
AUSTRAC · GAMING VENUES
AML/CTF Risk Assessment
Answer a few questions about your venue. We score inherent risk across the AUSTRAC categories, map every risk by likelihood and consequence and email you a board ready report.
