The methamphetamine, solely for the Australian market and destined for Victoria and NSW, would have amounted to almost 19 million individual street deals.
Judge Laing found that penalties must be set at a level which demonstrates that there are serious consequences for non-compliance, to deter others from failing to comply.
“Improving compliance in the fast food, restaurant and café industry, which employs many vulnerable workers, including in franchises, continues to be a priority for us.”
The Fair Work Commission’s decision, being 0.75 of a percentage point above market expectations, means the national wages bill will be only 0.08% (less than one-thousandth) greater than expected.
The man told police the cash was connected to transactions involving tobacco businesses and said he intended to use it to purchase a tobacconist in Perth.
The skies over northern Australia have gone quiet after three weeks of intense multinational air combat training, with Exercise Pitch Black 2026 concluding on...
