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Global retail crime intelligence leader Auror is pleased to partner with Victoria Police, rolling out its suite of capabilities to the organisation, and bringing frontline police and retailers closer together to help focus their resources on organised, high-harm retail crime offenders. Auror’s platform connects police to a database of information from Australia’s largest retailers about crime in their stores, fuel stations and parking facilities, helping them link what were previously considered isolated crimes to repeat and organised offenders. The partnership builds on existing frontline police access to core retail crime intelligence, extending to sourcing relevant CCTV evidence, license plate recognition information of vehicles linked to crime events, and collaborative investigation tools and intelligence analysis that surface prolific offenders and those known to carry weapons in a given area. Auror Senior Director Nick McDonnell said Victoria Police’s embrace of technology reflects a focus on addressing core drivers of retail crime, rather…

The Crisafulli Government’s strengthened nation-leading laws cracking down on illicit tobacco and vape traders have passed in Parliament. • These new laws expand Queensland Health’s powers to seize stock, shut stores, and penalise illegal traders. • The laws also create new powers to target landlords complicit in this illegal trade and give enforcement officers the power for undercover operations. • The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start and making Queensland safer. The Crisafulli Government is continuing its nation leading crackdown on criminal gangs and illegal vape traders to make Queensland safer, by passing the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Dismantling Illegal Trade) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 in Parliament overnight. It is just another way the Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live and reversing Labor’s decade of decline and soft-on-crime approach, which saw rogue traders – backed by organised crime – set up shop in communities…

APCO is thrilled to announce the opening of its brand new Mt Gambier location, the very firstAPCO Service Station in South Australia! Officially opening its doors at 11am on Wednesday,November 12th. This store marks APCO’s 29th location, joining a growing network of stores currently operatingacross Victoria and New South Wales. From humble beginnings in Warrnambool in 1968, founded by Ron and Margaret Anderson,APCO remains proudly family owned and operated by the Anderson family. More than five decades later, the legacy continues with the launch of this exciting new store inMt Gambier, bringing locals a fresh, convenient destination for fuel, food, award winning baristamade coffee, and groceries, all in one place! Mt Gambier customers can look forward to the signature cafe24-7 award winning baristamade coffee and fresh, made to order food, along with Anderson’s Supermarket groceries,price matched for everyday value 24-7, and the friendly service that APCO is known for. “This…

Hong Kong is rebuilding and 7-Eleven is helping lead the charge. On a recent visit to 7-Eleven in Hong Kong, I was hosted by Yoep Man, CEO of 7-Eleven for South China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore at DFI Retail Group and Patrick Liu, Managing Director 7-Eleven Hong Kong & Macau at DFI Retail Group. We were also joined by George Zheng of NACS and Desmond Yeung at GVR. Their insights and hospitality offered a front-row seat to an ongoing retail transformation and includes impressive investment in their tech stack, innovative own brand product development, including a heavy focus on foodvenience and a very exciting new format store which we also visited. All this set against the backdrop of a city investing heavily in its own reinvention. Hong Kong’s economy is showing signs of cautious recovery, with GDP growth projected between 2–3% in 2025. The government is investing billions in…

South Australia is continuing to lead the way in the fight against illicit tobacco and vapes with 100 stores across the state now hit with closure orders. Since June 5 – when the Minister’s new closure order powers came into effect – 100 28-day closure orders have been issued to stores caught selling illicit tobacco and vapes. The State Government has now seized product valued at approximately $50 million including more than: • 41 million cigarettes • 140,000 vapes • 13,585 kilograms of loose tobacco. Two long-term closure orders have also been issued with another five being progressed in the Magistrates Court. South Australia has a nation-leading response to tackling tobacco and smoking, recently judged as best in the country by the Australian Council on Smoking and Health. The Malinauskas Government has been relentless in its fight against the illicit tobacco trade in South Australia. Through our dedicated $16 million…