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Apr 9, 2024 | lexology.com | Greg Bodulovic |Nicholas Tyacke |Tudor Filaret |Hazel Pang

On 21 March 2024, the second stage of Australia’s vaping reforms bill was introduced before the Australian Parliament. The Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 (“the Bill”) proposes to outlaw the domestic manufacture, sale, supply, commercial possession, and advertising of non-therapeutic and disposable single use vapes in Australia.

Dec 4, 2023 | lexology.com | Greg Bodulovic |Nicholas Tyacke |Tudor Filaret |Hazel Pang |Shawn Wang

The Australian Federal Government has announced the first stage of Australia’s vaping reforms, which are set to commence on 1 January 2024, with further changes implemented throughout 2024. This follows the plans to phase out non-prescription vapes announced by the Government on 2 May 2023 (see our article on the proposed reforms).

Nov 15, 2023 | lexology.com | Greg Bodulovic |Nicholas Tyacke |Tudor Filaret |Hazel Pang

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined InstantScripts, a major Australian telehealth service provider, $742,500 for alleged unlawful advertising of therapeutic goods. The TGA claimed that the business, in the course of providing telehealth services, advertised prescription-only medicines directly to consumers.

Oct 10, 2023 | lexology.com | Greg Bodulovic |Nicholas Tyacke |Tudor Filaret |Hazel Pang

On 2 May 2023, the Australian Federal Government announced significant vaping reforms and allocated AU $737 million in the 2023-24 Budget to stamp out illegal vaping (see our article on the summary of the smoking and vaping reforms). In August and September 2023, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), in coordination with other Federal and State agencies, conducted multiple raids across Queensland and New South Wales.

May 26, 2023 | lexology.com | Greg Bodulovic |Nicholas Tyacke |Tudor Filaret |Hazel Pang

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth services has grown exponentially in Australia over the past three years.