Australian Tobacco Board

Established in 1965 under the Tobacco Marketing Act 1965 to administer the Tobacco Industry Stabilisation Plan agreed between the Commonwealth and the tobacco-growing states.

Legislation: Tobacco Marketing Act 1965

1. 12 June 1974Moved to the new Department of Agriculture.
2. 22 December 1975Moved to the re-created Department of Primary Industry.
3. 24 July 1987Moved to the new Department of Primary Industries and Energy.

Abolished when the Tobacco Industry Stabilisation Plan and the local leaf content scheme came to an end; tobacco leaf marketing was deregulated.

• Administration of the Tobacco Industry Stabilisation Plan
• Allocation of marketing quotas to growers
• Oversight of leaf sales and minimum prices
• Advice on the local leaf content scheme

Last in the portfolio of Department of Primary Industries and Energy.

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