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  • Competitions & Awards
Registration for the American Distilling Institute's 2024 International Spirits Competition is open and the American Distilling Institute have provided Australian Distillers members with the following discount code.
  • Education & Development
You are invited to join the Distillers South Australia annual conference for updates on tourism, sustainability, OH&S and more.
  • Resources
Affinity Labs are leading a gin benchmark study, assessing chemical and aroma/flavour profile data of the world's leading gins benchmarked against Australian and South Australian gins.
  • Funding & Grants
Distillers South Australia is excited to confirm that they are the recipients of two new grants from the South Australian Government.
  • ADA Updates
  • Advocacy & Excise
The Australian Distillers Association President, Holly Klintworth, recently addressed the Spirits Victoria Association conference with an update on the Association's activities and strategy.
  • ADA Updates
The Australian Distillers Conference is back again and we’re heading to Queensland.
  • Business Operations
  • Compliance
  • Resources
The Federal Government has announced the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 which proposes amendments to the current employment and industrial relations system.
  • Advocacy & Excise
Small producers are able to apply to align the payment of their excise with their BAS. Over the weekend of 25 – 27 August, excise data would be moved from legacy systems into the same accounting system used by the ATO for other taxes.
  • ADA Updates
The Tasmanian Whisky and Spirits Association has launched their Industry Blueprint.
  • Compliance
The ABAC Responsible Alcohol Marketing Code (the ABAC Code) sets content and placement standards for marketing in Australia.
  • Advocacy & Excise
The objective of the project is to help harmonise Container Deposit Schemes and reduce administrative burden for governments and suppliers.
  • Advocacy & Excise
  • Compliance
As previously advised, the Queensland Government announced that they expanded the CDS to cover wine and spirits bottles for the first time. This will come into effect 1 November 2023.