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to the LIQUOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA


In 1897 a group of wholesale wine and spirit houses came together to form an association. Over the years it changed both its name and its charter to where it is today.

A LEADING PROVIDER OF INFORMATION and SERVICES to the Liquor Industry.

The Association is non-profit and governed by a Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors are:

  • MR RALPH DUNNING - SAMUEL SMITH & SON (President)
  • MR MARK O'CONNELL - PERNOD RICARD (Vice President)
  • MR IAN THOMSON - INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP (Vice President)
  • MR PETER HANSON - MAXXIUM AUSTRALIA (Treasurer)
  • MR IAN ATHERTON - SUNTORY AUSTRALIA
  • MR RUSSELL BARRATT - CONSTELLATION WINES AUSTRALIA
  • MR ANDREW BOWER - BROWN FORMAN AUSTRALIA
  • MR DENIS BROWN - DIAGEO AUSTRALIA
  • MR GLENN COOPER, AM - COOPERS BREWERY
  • MR NICHOLAS DETMOLD - JIM BEAM BRANDS AUSTRALIA
  • MR PAUL FITZGERALD - COCA COLA AMATIL
  • MR NEIL GRANT - FOSTERS AUSTRALIA
  • MR WARREN HIGNETT - INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  • MR KARL SEILER - FINE WINE PARTNERS
  • MR BRADLEY KNOX - BACARDI LION
  • MR JOHN LIVINGSTONE - JDL CONSULTING
  • MR DAVID ROACH - NATIONAL INDEPENDENT LIQUOR WHOLESALERS ASSOC.
  • MR LES PAGE - ISLAND2ISLAND BEVERAGE COMPANY
  • MR BOB POWELL - CASELLA WINES
  • MR ROB REMNANT - MOET-HENNESSY AUSTRALIA
  • MR MICHAEL ROBSON - AUSTRALIAN LIQUOR MARKETERS
  • MR MITCHELL TAYLOR - TAYLORS WINE
  • MR GEORGE WAHBY - MCWILLIAMS WINES
  • MR JOHN SCOTT - HOTEL LIQUOR WHOLESALERS
  • MR PETER YEOMAN - DE BORTOLI WINES

Members include:

  • ALUMINIUM CAN GROUP
  • AUSTRALIAN LIQUOR MARKETERS
  • BACARDI-LION P/L
  • BEHIND BARS INDUSTRY SERVICES
  • BOC LIMITED
  • BROWN-FORMAN AUSTRALIA
  • DE BORTOLI WINES
  • FOSTERS AUSTRALIA BEVERAGES LTD
  • CASELLA WINES
  • CATALYST CONSULTANCY & RESEARCH P/L
  • CEPO SYSTEMS P/L
  • COCA COLA AMATIL
  • CONSTELLATION WINES AUSTRALIA
  • COOPERS BREWERY
  • DIAGEO AUSTRALIA
  • HOTEL LIQUOR WHOLESALERS
  • FINE WINE PARTNERS
  • INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  • INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP
  • ISLAND2ISLAND BEVERAGE COMPANY P/L
  • JDL CONSULTING
  • JIM BEAM BRANDS AUSTRALIA
  • LIQUOR WATCH
  • MAXXIUM AUSTRALIA
  • McWILLIAM'S WINES
  • MOET-HENNESSY AUSTRALIA P/L
  • MONDO SEARCH
  • NILWA
  • ORANAVALE (trading as LIQUOR INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS OF AUSTRALIA)
  • PERNOD RICARD
  • PETER LEHMANN WINES
  • PHIL HOFFMAN TRAVEL
  • RED BULL AUSTRALIA
  • SAMUEL SMITH & SON (THE YALUMBA WINE CO.)
  • SIMSED
  • SPECIALISED MERCHANDISE & DESIGN P/L
  • SUNTORY AUSTRALIA
  • SWIGG P/L
  • SYNOVATE AZTEC P/L
  • TARUNA PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
  • TAYLORS WINES
  • THE INTERMEDIA GROUP
  • THE NIELSEN COMPANY
  • THE SALES FACTORY
  • WILLIAM GRANT & SONS

Non member companies purchasing some of our services:

  • BAYFIELD HOTELS
  • CHEVIOT BRIDGE
  • CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
  • LION NATHAN
  • MACQUARIE BANK
  • AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE
  • PREMIUM BEVERAGES
  • TYRRELL'S VINEYARDS
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Our services include:

  • Detailed Weekly Reports on licensing changes in all STATES.
  • National Credit Managers Forum.
  • We research the Liquor Administration Board records and know of transfers well in advance.
  • Detailed statistical information on Australian and Imported beers, wines, spirits and liqueurs.
  • With every liquor licence in Australia on our computer, telephone enquiries can be made on licensing matters.
  • Information Circulars on all issues affecting the Industry.
  • Industry Representative on Industry Group and Industry/Government Committees.
  • A Quarterly Breakfast Briefing By the Movers & Shakers of the Liquor Industry.
  • Monthly Report on Spirits & Liqueurs Sales in Aust ex Warehouse.
  • Monthly Report on Wine Sales & Wine Pricing in Australia ex Warehouse.
  • A Similar Program exists for Beer.
  • A database on every liquor licence in Australia that can produce detailed lists, labels or be electronically transferred to member's computers. (Free for members)
  • A National Brand Price Monitor Service.
  • An Annual Liquor Trade Survey.
  • An Annual Remuneration Survey.
  • A Parallel Export Monitoring Service on Whisky.
  • A meeting place for special interest groups.
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LMAA web site

The website has been introduced as an information resource for member companies. It's free, it's user friendly and any employee of a member company can access not only industry sales data but their own company's sales data interfaced against total industry sales data by visiting the website.

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Recap

  • CREDIT MANAGEMENT IN ALL STATES
  • STATISTICS
  • SALARY SURVEY
  • LIQUOR TRADE SURVEY
  • INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
  • SALES AND MARKETING DATA
  • LIQUOR LICENCE DATABASE FOR AUSTRALIA
  • LIQUOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA LIQUOR MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA
  • ANNUAL STATISTICS YEAR BOOK ON CD


For further information on our association please contact:
LMAA on +61 2 9415 1199

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