About Us

Welcome
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.

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 - Chairman - Independent Director
  
• MR JOHN LIVINGSTONE - Treasurer/Finance - Independent Director
  
• MR RUSSELL BARRATT - Deputy Chair
  
• MR NEIL GRANT - Executive Director
  
• MR DAVID HALLIDAY - Executive Director
  
• MR MARK POWELL - Executive Director
  
• MR DAVID ABELA - Director
  
• MR MYLES ANCESCHI - Director
  
• MR DOUG BAGLEY - Director
  
• MR ALLAN BRASSIL - Director
  
• MR DEAN CARROLL - Director
  
• MR GLENN COOPER, AM - Director
  
• MR MIKE CUTRUPI - Director
  
• MR DOUG EVANS - Director
  
• MR GRAEME EWENS - Director
  
• MR GREG HUSBAND - Director
  
• MR STEVE INCH - Director
  
• MR JASON KEETELS - Director
  
• MR ANDREW McCLAREN - Director
  
• MR ANDREW McNAMARA - Director
  
• MR PAUL MIDOLO - Director
  
• MR MARTIN O'MARA - Director
  
• MR BOB POWELL - Director
  
• MR SHANE RICHARDSON - Director
  
• MR JOHN SCOTT - Director
  
• MS ROSEMARY SCOTT - Director
  
• MR MITCHELL TAYLOR - Director
  
• MR ADAM TREWIN - Director
  
• MR PETER YEOMAN - Director
  

Members include:

• ACCOLADE WINES
  
• ALUMINIUM CAN GROUP
  
• AZTEC INFORMATION SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) Pty Ltd
  
• BACARDI LION
  
• BEAM GLOBAL SPIRITS - AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd
  
• BEVCHAIN Pty Ltd
  
• BROWN BROTHERS MILAWA VINEYARDS Pty Ltd
  
• BROWN-FORMAN AUSTRALIA
  
• CAMPARI AUSTRALIA
  
• CARLTON UNITED BREWERS
  
• CASELLA WINES
  
• CELLARBRATE Pty Ltd
  
• COCA COLA AMATIL
  
• COOPERS BREWERY Ltd
  
• DE BORTOLI WINES Pty Ltd
  
• DIAGEO
  
• GS1 AUSTRALIA
  
• HOTEL LIQUOR WHOLESALERS
  
• INDEPENDENT DISTILLERS AUSTRALIA
  
• INDEPENDENT LIQUOR GROUP
  
• ISLAND2ISLAND BEVERAGE COMPANY Pty Ltd
  
• LION - BEER, SPIRITS & WINE Pty Ltd
  
• LMG MARKETING Pty Ltd
  
• MAQUARIE BANK
  
• McWILLIAM'S WINES
  
• MOET HENNESSY AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd
  
• NEXT REALITY PTY LTD (NEXT REALITY GROUP)
  
• NATIONAL INDEPENDENT LIQUOR WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION Pty Ltd
  
• PERNOD RICARD AUSTRALIA
  
• RED BULL AUSTRALIA
  
• SIMSED Pty Ltd
  
• SUNTORY (AUST) Pty Ltd
  
• SWIGG Pty Ltd
  
• TAYLORS WINES
  
• THE NIELSEN COMPANY
  
• THE YALUMBA WINE COMPANY
  
• TORCHMEDIA Pty Ltd
  
• TOUCHSTONE CONSULTING AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd
  
• TREASURY WINE ESTATES
  
• TYRRELL'S WINES
  
• WILLIAM GRANT & SONS AUSTRALIA Pty Ltd
  

Our services include:

• Detailed Weekly Reports on licensing changes in all STATES.
  
• We research the Liquor Administration Board records and know of transfers well in advance.
  
• With every liquor licence in Australia on our computer, telephone enquiries can be made on licensing matters.
  
• 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)
  
• National Credit Managers Forum
  
• National HR Forum
  
• National Supply Chain Forum
  
• Detailed statistical information on Australian and Imported beers, wines, spirits and liqueurs.
  
• Breakfast Briefing throughout the year with guests speakers from broad industry.
  
• Monthly Report on Spirits & Liqueurs Sales in Aust ex Warehouse.
  
• Monthly Report on Wine Sales & Wine Pricing in Australia ex Warehouse.
  
• A National Drinks Watch Service.
  
• An Annual Liquor Trade Survey.
  
• An Annual Remuneration Survey.
  
• Banner Member Website.
  
• Publications (Drinks Guide, Drinks Guide Online, Drinks Trade, Drinks Trade Online, Drinks Year Book)
  

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.