Laundy says quick thinking saved pandemic-hit pubs We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Former federal member for Reid and pub owner-operator Craig Laundy has praised the quick efforts of the industry bodies and all governments in enacting policies and guidelines to keep the pandemic-hit sector afloat. Laundy, who runs the multi-million dollar family pub empire with his father Arthur, says any time an industry loses 10-11 weeks of business, its not good," Laundy told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Laundy is a former Liberal Party politician who served as the member for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019, when he went back to help run and expand the family pub business.