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Illicit tobacco online via payments rails, delivered by Australia Post

Senior Business Correspondent
11 Mar, 2026
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Michael Sainsbury
Senior Business Correspondent
11 Mar, 2026
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Australia Post has become the chief courier service for illicit tobacco, with payments provided by a raft of companies including PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Klarna, Stripe, Link, and CBA and ANZ BSBs.
Illicit tobacco online via payments rails, delivered by Australia Post
Australia Post chief executive Paul Graham said in response to a question about the service being 'a very big courier of illicit tobacco’ that “I won't challenge your assertion that we are involved in that movement.”

Australia Post has become the chief courier service for illicit tobacco, with payments provided by a raft of companies including PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Klarna, Stripe, Link, and CBA and ANZ BSBs.

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