The Australian government announced the commencement of new laws this week that will “protect Australia’s borders from the importation of smuggled tobacco products”.
The Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) believes Australia is performing well against illicit trade, but now needs to extend its expertise further afield.
An ARA-commissioned report, ‘The Global Illicit Trade Environment Index’, shows that Australia...
A new report shows illicit tobacco currently costs the Australian government up to $1.91 billion. According to KPMG LLP’s ‘Illicit Tobacco in Australia 2017 Full Year Report’, illegal tobacco – as a...
The Australian Tax Office last month seized more than 21 hectares of illegal tobacco with an estimated excise value of $30 million near Bundaberg, Queensland.
This is the largest cross-jurisdictional illegal-tobacco seizure in the...
The first of two bills aimed at closing down the illicit-tobacco market was introduced into parliament last week.
The bill will see maximum penalties for excise offences increase to 10 years’ imprisonment and...
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...
