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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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GP CRISIS TO WORSEN UNDER VAPE PRESCRIPTION MANDATE

08 February 2023

Australia’s GP crisis would worsen if the Federal Government continued to pursue its failed prescription-only model for access to nicotine…

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AACS CALLS FOR A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO VAPING REGULATION

17 January 2023

Australia’s booming nicotine vape black market will continue to grow at alarming rates if the Federal Government does not take…

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ALL REVVED UP WITH NO PLACE TO CHARGE – AUSTRALIA’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE CATASTROPHE

06 January 2023

AACS CEO Theo Foukkare said governments at all levels had failed to invest in adequate EV charging stations. “Energy and…

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EXPLOSION IN ILLICIT TOBACCO UNDERMINES HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS

30 November 2022

Illicit tobacco is the number 1 issue, and if it’s not properly addressed, the Government’s announcement will stall The Government…

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FOOD INDUSTRY WARNS GOVERNMENT OF LONG-TERM FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS

24 November 2022

Food Inflation to impact consumers for at least twelve months, possibly two years The National Food Supply Chain Alliance, made…

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