Tuesday, 29 July 2025

 Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (14:43): (1685) My question is to the Minister for Consumer Affairs. Last week a job was advertised online on the employment platform Seek for a sales assistant in a vape shop in Bentleigh selling ‘a wide range of quality vape products for vaping enthusiasts’. Since 1 July 2024 the sale of vapes has been illegal in Victoria, apart from in pharmacies by prescription to assist people wanting to quit smoking, yet more than a year later this particular retailer in my electorate is clearly breaking the law by continuing to operate despite the ban. The question I ask therefore is: Minister, how is the Victorian government enforcing the ban on this illegal retail activity in our suburbs –

David Davis interjected.

Georgie CROZIER: or not, as Mr Davis said – which is promoting access to products that pose a serious health risk to the community?