Distillers South Australia is excited to confirm that they are the recipients of two new grants from the South Australian Government.

The Australian Distillers Association President, Holly Klintworth, recently addressed the Spirits Victoria Association conference with an update on the Association's activities and strategy.

The Australian Distillers Conference is back again and we’re heading to Queensland.

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.

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.

The Tasmanian Whisky and Spirits Association has launched their Industry Blueprint.

The ABAC Responsible Alcohol Marketing Code (the ABAC Code) sets content and placement standards for marketing in Australia.

The objective of the project is to help harmonise Container Deposit Schemes and reduce administrative burden for governments and suppliers.

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.

14 Australian Distillers Members have expressed an interest in becoming qualified trainers for the Certificate IV in Artisan Fermented Products qualification being run by the National Distilling Institute and will soon complete the Cert IV TAE.

A group of 14 representatives of Australian Distillers participated in a Study Program in the United States, coordinated by Spirits & Cocktails Australia.

Yesterday afternoon, the Australian Tax Office provided advice to members of the Alcohol Stakeholder Group regarding changes to alcohol excise from 1 August.