Manage your tobacco licence

Renew your tobacco licence

Tobacco licences are valid for a financial year. You must apply to renew your licence by 30 June each year.

If we do not make a decision about your renewal application before your licence expires, your licence remains valid until the decision has been made.

Licences issued during the 2025-26 financial year will be valid until 30 June 2027.

You must submit your licence renewal before 30 June 2027.

More information about the renewal process will be provided before this date.

Renewal Fee: $829.60

If you need to make any of the changes below, you must:

If any of the following information changes since your licence was granted or renewed, you must tell us within 14 days of the change.

Providing false or misleading information is an offence, with a penalty of $12,210.60 for a person or $61,053 for businesses.

Including changes to:

name, address, contact details
Australian Business Number and/or Australian Company Number
criminal history. For example, if you have been charged with or found guilty of an offence
suspension, cancellation, refusal or disqualification relating to a tobacco licence held in another Australian state or territory
details related to any other tobacco business(es) the licensees own or run in Australia, including new businesses
financial history. For example, insolvency or bankruptcy.

Including changes to:

a director, partner or executive member
names, addresses or contact details
criminal history of key business personnel
suspension, cancellation, refusal or disqualification relating to a tobacco licence held by key business personnel in another Australian state or territory
details relating to any other tobacco business owned or run by key business personnel in Australia, including new businesses
financial history of key business personnel. For example, insolvency or bankruptcy
change or acquisition of a director ID by key business personnel.

Including changes to:

name and contact details a person who can be contacted in relation to the premises
shop or business names
any liquor licence associated with the premise, including obtaining a liquor licence or having a liquor licence cancelled or suspended
methods of sale.

Including:

previously declared associates (including relatives) that are no longer an associate
new associates (including relatives) to declare
changes to address or contact details for any declared associates or relatives.

Providing any updated documents included as part of an application such as:

Fees on this page are for the 2025–26 financial year. Fee units are updated each year by the Department of Treasury and Finance.