Tag: NSW

ALNA welcomes extended lottery protections

Lottery protections that stop lotteries being sold in large supermarket chains have been extended to 2021 to protect consumers and small business. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro announced a...

Retailers welcome delay in Qld Container Refund Scheme

The Queensland government has delayed the implementation of the state’s Container Refund Scheme from July 1 to November 1, so that lessons from the NSW experience can be learned. NSW’s ‘Return and Earn’...

EPA prosecutes Viva Energy over alleged Sydney Harbour pollution

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is prosecuting Viva Energy Australia in the Land and Environment Court over an alleged spill of marine fuel oil from the company’s terminal into Sydney Harbour at...

MGA: NSW container deposit laws will destroy small and independently owned businesses

New container deposit laws in NSW will operate from December 1, 2017, and from that date, says MGA Independent Retailers CEO Jos de Bruin, independently owned businesses on the NSW borders will...

Productivity commission recommends termination of biofuels mandates in NSW and Queensland

The Australian Productivity Commission (APC) has released its report detailing the findings of a year-long inquiry into regulation in the Australian agricultural sector. While many of the findings are irrelevant to the Australian...

South Sydney service station creates unique investment opportunity

The sale of a Caltex service station in Miranda and two neighbouring properties is expected to fetch about $8 million and give a yield of about six per cent. The Caltex service station...

ACAPMA reports system-wide failure of NSW FuelCheck

Early on Sunday 22 January 2017, ACAPMA began getting calls from NSW fuel retailers claiming that the NSW FuelCheck system was not reporting real-time price data. Two of the retailers who had reported...

Diesel exemption from dangerous goods code under review

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) recently approached ACAPMA seeking comment on a proposal to remove the current exemption of diesel from the Australian Dangerous Goods Code. It is understood NSW EPA is...
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