From: Financial Review
Jeff Rogut, executive director of Australasian Association of Convenience Stores, said no one was responsible for cracking down on illegal tobacco retailers. Daniel O’Brien
by Misa Han
The convenience industry says there is no law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal tobacco retailing on the “street level”, as the specific funding for the Australian Border Force’s tobacco strike team is expected to discontinue at the end of this financial year.
Jeff Rogut, executive director of Australasian Association of Convenience Stores, said it was difficult to get law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal tobacco retailing on the “street level”, which hurts the business of convenience stores that sell legal tobacco.
