MGA Independent Retailers has urged the federal Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue to recommend new powers to fight the illegal-tobacco market in Australia.
Appearing before the committee last week, the employer organisation’s...
A tobacconist based at Bondi Junction in Sydney has been fined a record $72,000 for selling illegal tobacco and has also been banned from selling tobacco at the store for 12 months.
A...
MGA Independent Retailers has backed calls from the National Party for a coordinated, nationwide approach to combat the illicit trade in regional communities across Australia.
At the party’s 2017 federal conference earlier this...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is denying authorisation for British American Tobacco Australia (BATA), Imperial Tobacco Australia (ITA) and Philip Morris Ltd (PML) jointly to cease supplying retailers or wholesalers they...
The ACCC is proposing to deny authorisation to British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris to jointly halt tobacco supply to retailers or wholesalers they believe are supplying illicit tobacco.
The three...
A 44-year old man is to be summonsed to appear in court after an Australian Border Force (ABF) operation resulted in investigators finding over 750 kilograms of illegally imported tobacco, with a...
The Australian Border Force will set up a dedicated taskforce to target and stop the growing problem of illicit tobacco being smuggled into the country.
The establishment of a ‘strike team’ comes in...
