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AACS WOMEN IN CONVENIENCE EVENT – KEY THEMES, PHOTO GALLERY & PRESENTATIONS

07 August 2023

AACS held its first Women in Convenience event for 2023 in Sydney on 19th July, at the Pullman Hotel Hyde…

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SMALL BUSINESSES GIVEN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH TAX

09 June 2023

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is encouraging small businesses that have overdue income tax returns, fringe benefits tax returns or…

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AACS WELCOMES SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL NICOTINE VAPE SALES

09 June 2023

The Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has applauded the South Australian Government’s crackdown on the sale of illicit nicotine…

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SIGNIFICANT LABOUR SHORTAGES ACROSS FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN WEIGHING ON GROWTH, COST OF LIVING

09 June 2023

Call for federal government to identify migration solutions Australia’s top peak food industry bodies, which calculated the food supply chain…

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QLD JOINS FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT TOBACCO AND VAPING PRODUCTS WITH STRICT NEW LAWS, VIC LEFT BEHIND

26 May 2023

The Queensland Parliament’s move to strictly licence and police the sale of tobacco products has been welcomed by the nation’s…

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OVER 90 MILLION ILLICIT VAPES AND NOT A SINGLE DOLLAR FOR ENFORCEMENT: HEALTH MINISTER’S INCOMPETENCE EXPOSED

11 May 2023

The Health Minister’s blatant failure to allocate a single dollar towards black market vaping enforcement in the budget shows that…

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FEDS REBRANDED VAPE BAN WILL FURTHER FUEL BLACK MARKET

07 May 2023

Questions have been raised over how effective the Federal Government’s latest plan to tackle the youth vaping crisis will be,…

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“HELP US GO GREEN” – MUM AND DAD SERVOS CALL FOR HELP TO UPGRADE POWER GRIDS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

19 April 2023

Small business petrol station owners have called on the Federal Government to help fund critical power grid upgrades that would…

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AACS PARTNERS WITH THE COMMERCIAL ACADEMY TO UPSKILL THE INDUSTRY

06 April 2023

The Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has partnered with Hexis Quadrant, to form The Commercial Academy for AACS, and…

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BUTLER MUST APOLOGISE FOR DESPERATE ATTACK ON RESPONSIBLE RETAILERS

24 March 2023

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has been accused of launching a smear campaign against thousands of responsible Australian retailers in…

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RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS WELCOME QUEENSLAND’S TOUGH NEW TOBACCO LAWS

14 March 2023

Leading national retail groups representing thousands of small, independent and family-owned businesses across Queensland have applauded the State Government’s crack-down…

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FEDS LEAVE DOOR WIDE OPEN TO YOUTH VAPING CRISIS FUELLED BY ONLINE BLACK MARKET

20 February 2023

Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland must explain why she has failed to block access to the online black market that…

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