NSW Lotteries link to winning stories an insult to Newsagents

The What’s Hot @ The Lott edition from Friday, 15 May 2020 contained a link in the bottom right hand corner inviting Newsagents to read “our favourite winning stories from the week”. Following the link takes readers to a page on thelott.com web site.

Final notice and invitation to AGM

NANA will conduct its delayed 2019 AGM tomorrow, Thursday 21 May 2020 at 5:00PM. The meeting will be conducted using ZOOM. Eligible Members are invited to participate. The Agenda for the meeting and directions on how to download financial reports, etc have previously been distributed. Members can locate the pack of information HERE and download the […]

COSBOA announce small business relief fund grants

NANA is a member of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA). COSBOA has been given the opportunity to offer grants of $10,000 to 67 small businesses adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants are made possible by Sales Force. Applications will open Monday next week and close on 1 June.

Newspack Insurance renewals for mandatory lotteries PI underway

Most mandatory lotteries professional indemnity policies for NSW and ACT renew on or about 30 June/1 July each year. Newspack Insurance has commenced the process to rollover and renew existing clients who already have this type of insurance through them and Newsagents will start receiving their renewal notices this week. The standard policy price for […]

Parcels – Hubbed start to catch up on overdue payments – keeping a watch on Nparcel

Hubbed has confirmed with NANA they will be making a payment to Newsagents for outstanding January 2020 service today. Whilst February and March payments are still overdue, from discussions with Hubbed, there appears to be a steady plan being followed to improve the frequency and on time nature of payments to Newsagents. NANA will continue to […]

STP exemption for closely held payees

The ATO has extended the Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting exemption to 1 July 2021 for small businesses (19 or fewer employees) to report their closely held payees.

Lotteries ISI dispenser plans – make sure you are using the right one

Each week, through What’s Hot @ The Lott (WH@TL) NSW Lotteries/Tabcorp includes a link to the “latest” ISI plans. Keeping up to date with the ISI plan requirements is important as the display of ISI products, determined by the size of the dispenser, forms part of the performance criteria used by NSW Lotteries/Tabcorp to assess remuneration […]

Parcels fail to deliver for Newsagents

The proponents of two of the over the counter and locker parcel delivery systems are failing Newsagents by continually paying late or not at all. Nparcel, run by VANA and NLNA is continually delaying payments to Newsagents for parcels handled. The regular late payments are a breach of the agreement with Newsagents and does nothing […]

Mandatory lotteries PI insurance set at $133 for 2020/2021

Newspack Insurance will maintain its current pricing on mandatory lotteries professional indemnity insurance at $133 for the 2020/2021 financial year. Most policies for Newsagents and other lotteries outlets in NSW and ACT are due to be renewed by 30 June/1 July. The price in NSW may be lower if you qualify for a stamp duty exemption. […]

NSW Lotteries cancels cycle 3 roadshows

NSW Lotteries/Tabcorp has announced that the Cycle 3 Roadshow will not go ahead. As a result, the Roadshow performance measure will be marked as N/A for Cycle 3. Consequently, there will be no negative impact on remuneration performance ratings as a result.