GROUNDHOG DAY AS FEDS GIFT ILLICIT TOBACCO BLACK MARKET MORE CUSTOMERS FOLLOWING YET ANOTHER TOBACCO TAX HIKE
Crime gangs behind Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis are today rubbing their hands together with glee, following the Albanese Government ‘s…
Read More >
RETAILERS’ PLEAS FOR ACTION OVER ILLICIT TOBACCO TRADE FINALLY HEARD
The Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has welcomed a move the by Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers to boost funding…
Read More >
LETHAL VAPE ARREST EXPOSES CONTINUED FAILURE OF AUSTRALIA’S DANGEROUS AND DEADLY VAPE BAN
Australia’s failed policy that bans the sale of strictly regulated and made to code nicotine vapes is putting the lives…
Read More >
BIG BANKS THAT SET HUGE MERCHANT FEES HANDED GOLDEN PAY DAY BY BIZARRE RBA SURCHARGE BAN PLAN
Pressure is mounting on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to force the big banks to be banned from hitting…
Read More >
NEW ZEALAND TOBACCO AND VAPE POLICY SUCCESS THE ANSWER TO AUSTRALIA’S PROBLEMS
Australia’s peak retail advocacy group has called on the Federal Government to adopt a similar tobacco and smoking cessation strategy…
Read More >
VICTORIAN MINISTER SPEAKS SENSE ON LINK BETWEEN EXCESSIVE TOBACCO EXCISE AND THE GROWTH IN ILLEGALTOBACCO, FIRE-BOMBINGS AND CRIME GANGS
Remarks made by the Victorian Minister responsible for tobacco regulation, Enver Erdogan, that acknowledge the direct link between excessive federal…
Read More >
AACS WELCOMES QLD GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSED LAWS FOR ILLEGAL TOBACCO, VAPE TRADERS AND DODGY LANDLORDS
The Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has welcomed the Queensland Government’s proposed laws announced to further tackle the illegal…
Read More >
QUEENSLAND RECORD ILLICIT TOBACCO AND VAPE BUST MUST BE MATCHED WITH INCREASED PENALTIES FOR BLACK MARKET THUGS
Responsible retailers have called on the Queensland Government and health authorities to go even harder on penalties for criminals caught…
Read More >
RETAILERS MAKE ELEVENTH HOUR ELECTION PLEA FOR LABOR TO FIX AUSTRALIA’S VAPING POLICY FAILURE
Fed up and frustrated retailers have called on Federal Labor to quit playing politics over dangerous, illicitvapes that are putting…
Read More >
RETAILERS CALL ON LABOR FOR BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF COALITION’S PLAN TO FIGHT ILLICIT TOBACCO AND VAPE CRIME CRISIS
Retailers living and working in fear of Australia’s out-of-control tobacco wars have called on the Federal Labor Party to urgently…
Read More >
FEDS ILLEGAL TOBACCO CRACKDOWN “LIKE TRYING TO USE A NUT TO SMASH A SLEDGEHAMMER”
The Australian Government’s latest plan to crack down on illegal tobacco does not go far enough, falls well-short of the…
Read More >
‘BE KIND IN RETAIL’INDUSTRY JOINS FORCES TO LAUNCH NEW NATION-WIDE CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN
A coalition of shopping centre, retail, fuel and convenience, pharmacy, security and cleaning industry groups has joined forces to launch…
Read More >trusted by
our members
Subscribe to our free mailing list and always be the first to receive the latest news and updates.