Australian state/territory tobacco licensing requirements (as of September 2008)
| State/territory | Licence requirements | Fee* | Special conditions |
| Australian Capital Territory (ACT) | Offence to sell tobacco products unless a person holds a wholesale tobacco merchant’s licence or a retail tobacconist’s licence21 | $200 | Licences can be suspended or cancelled for up to 5 years for violations |
| New South Wales (NSW) | A licensing scheme will be introduced for tobacco retailers (announced July 2008)22 | $100 or $250 for specialist tobacconists (estimated to be 400 of these) | Shops caught selling cigarettes to children or breaching other regulations will be stopped from selling tobacco23 |
| Victoria (VIC) | No license needed; however the right to sell can be removed by a court for selling to minors | N/A | Third offence of selling to a minor is punishable with a 5-year mandatory removal of the ability to sell tobacco from the premises24 |
| Queensland (QLD) | No licensing requirements25 | N/A | On-the-spot and court ordered fines for violating tobacco sales regulations |
| Tasmania (TAS) | Any premises selling tobacco products must have a tobacco seller’s licence | $180 | Retailers who are found to have sold cigarettes face immediate prosecution and a maximum fine of $5000 for a first offence and $10 000 for a subsequent offence and licence cancellation26 |
| Northern Territory (NT) | All vendors must be licensed | None | A licence will only permit the sale of tobacco at the specified premise (ie, roaming cigarette sales are banned, but vehicles can act as mobile vendors at outdoor events)27 |
| Western Australia (WA) | Anyone who sells a tobacco product either by retail sale, wholesale sale or indirect† sale requires a licence28 | $200, $500 for a wholesale license | Searchable public register of all tobacco retail licenses29 |
| South Australia (SA) | All tobacco retailers must hold a Retail Tobacco Merchant’s Licence | $215 (as of July 2008, indexed annually) | On-the-spot fines ($315) apply for the sale or supply of tobacco products to children. Inspectors are also able to proceed with prosecutions in court if deemed appropriate. Maximum penalty $500030 |
*In Australian dollars; †an indirect sale is where the seller and the purchaser are not in the same place at the same time, for example, a sale by telephone, fax, mail order or via the internet.