AMA wins inaugural “Dirty Mirror Award” for protecting vaping monopoly

Australia’s peak retail industry body has today announced the Australian Medical Association as the inaugural recipient of its “Dirty...

Australia’s peak retail industry body has today announced the Australian Medical Association as the inaugural recipient of its “Dirty Mirror Award”, for breathtaking hypocrisy in public affairs. National Retail Association CEO Dominique Lamb bestowed the award on the AMA today, for its efforts to protect the monopoly over nicotine vaping...

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Business Basics Grants Program opening soon for small businesses

*Please note this grant was closed on 31 May upon reaching the maximum number of applications.   Original article as below:  The...

*Please note this grant was closed on 31 May upon reaching the maximum number of applications.   Original article as below:  The Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training have announced some new one-off grants for small businesses.  The Business Basics Grant will offer grant funding of up to $5,000 each to...

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Small Business Month sees three new grants for QLD small businesses worth $25 million

The Palaszczuk Government has launched Queensland Small Business Month with three new grants programs worth $25 million over two...

The Palaszczuk Government has launched Queensland Small Business Month with three new grants programs worth $25 million over two years – making Queensland the place to be for small business. Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer said the announcement builds on the more than $180 million in Small...

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Health Minister needs to listen to his government colleagues on vaping

Australian retailers have urged the Federal Health Minister to listen to his government colleagues and allow small businesses to...

Australian retailers have urged the Federal Health Minister to listen to his government colleagues and allow small businesses to supply smoke-free alternatives to current consumers of cigarettes and tobacco products. The Chair’s report from the Senate Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction, released today, sets out a clear and rational case...

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Retailers welcome vaping admission from health officials

The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed an admission by a senior Department of Health official at yesterday’s Senate...

The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed an admission by a senior Department of Health official at yesterday’s Senate Estimates Committee confirming that smoke-free nicotine products are safer alternatives than cigarettes. Under questioning from Senator Hollie Hughes, the Deputy Secretary of the Department for Health, Adjunct Professor John Skerritt, said...

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Retailers suffer as vaping decisions get weirder by the day

Australian retailers will be badly hurt but the Federal Government’s most recent decision regarding the sale of smoke-free tobacco...

Australian retailers will be badly hurt but the Federal Government’s most recent decision regarding the sale of smoke-free tobacco products, the National Retail Association (NRA) said today. After the Government announced a backflip on its previous ban on personal imports of e-cigarettes and vaping products, NRA Chief Executive Officer Dominique...

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Common sense prevails as retailers welcome senate inquiry into vaping

The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the decision by the Commonwealth Senate to launch an inquiry into nicotine...

The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the decision by the Commonwealth Senate to launch an inquiry into nicotine vaping products, claiming it as a win for common sense. Introduced by Government Senators Hollie Hughes and Matt Canavan, the Senate has agreed to establish an inquiry, with the Tobacco Harm...

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Chemist monopoly vaping “solution” already unravelling

The proposed monopoly for chemists over the sale of smoke-free nicotine products is already unravelling, with both pharmacists and...

The proposed monopoly for chemists over the sale of smoke-free nicotine products is already unravelling, with both pharmacists and doctors raising concerns about the proposal. The National Retail Association has consistently called for small businesses who currently sell cigarettes and other nicotine products to be given access to less harmful...

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Retailers blast “ridiculous and inconsistent” vaping decision

The National Retail Association (NRA) says today’s draft ruling to restrict the sale of vaping and smoke-free nicotine products...

The National Retail Association (NRA) says today’s draft ruling to restrict the sale of vaping and smoke-free nicotine products to chemists is “ridiculous and inconsistent”, considering cigarettes are sold freely. The TGA’s draft ruling captures “nicotine when prepared for use in e-cigarettes, e-juice heat-not-burn tobacco products, chewing tobacco, snuff and...

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Chemist monopoly on vaping “worst of both worlds” for small business

The National Retail Association (NRA) has expressed its concern about a Federal Government proposal to hand pharmacies a monopoly...

The National Retail Association (NRA) has expressed its concern about a Federal Government proposal to hand pharmacies a monopoly over the sale of smoke-free nicotine products. NRA CEO Dominique Lamb said the proposal represented the “worst of both worlds” for small convenience retailers who currently rely on tobacco sales for...

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