Tobacco Act Compliance Strategy

Overview

Public consultation on the draft Tobacco Act Compliance Strategy (the Strategy).

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (the department) is seeking feedback on a draft Compliance Strategy to guide how it will approach compliance and enforcement under the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023 (the Tobacco Act), which commenced on 1 April 2024.

Effective compliance and enforcement are critical to ensuring the objects of the Tobacco Act and the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Regulations 2024 are met as intended. Compliance and enforcement help ensure the Tobacco Act framework improves public health by encouraging people to quit, or not start, smoking and use of tobacco products.

The department is seeking public feedback on the Strategy to guide its approach to compliance and enforcement under the Tobacco Act.

The consultation period is open until 11:59pm AEST on Wednesday 3 June 2026. 

The consultation package includes: 

• a consultation paper
• the draft Tobacco Act Compliance Strategy.

Why your views matter

The purpose of this consultation is to seek stakeholder views to inform the final Strategy. Your input will help ensure the Strategy is practical, effective and fit for purpose.

How to give us your views

The department invites you to provide feedback on the Strategy by responding to the questions in the consultation paper.

Please submit your response via the Consultation Hub by 11:59pm AEST on Wednesday 3 June 2026. Any supporting attachments should be brief and limited to information that adds context or explanation to your response.

To view the documents in the consultation package, right-click the document link at the bottom of this page and select 'Open in new tab'.

To submit your response, click the ‘Share your views' link below, complete the consultation questions, and click 'Submit Response'.

Please note the department may not accept:

• submissions provided outside the Consultation Hub
• submissions containing offensive, defamatory, or out-of-scope comments
• lengthy attachments that do not meaningfully support submissions
• submissions received after the deadline (11:59pm AEST on Wednesday 3 June 2026).

Your privacy

All submissions and the names of persons or organisations that make a submission will be treated as public, and may be published on the department’s website, unless you request that your submission be kept confidential, or if we consider (for any reason) that it should not be made public. Any submission provided on a confidential basis remains subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982. More information is contained in the Privacy Notice.

As part of making your submission, we will ask you to review and accept a Privacy Notice.

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