We represent over 28,000 shopfronts across Australia and New Zealand, making us the one of the most powerful voices for Australian businesses. Our policy team works hard to bring retailers together in a non-competitive environment and provide a platform to have your voice heard.

We tackle the issues you can’t tackle alone.

How we represent your interests

Collaboration

The NRA works actively with governments and department officers to ensure the interests and needs of the retail and services sectors are protected and promoted.

Advocacy

As an industry association, NRA takes its obligation seriously to influence government policy and keep public debate focused on key business issues.

Engagement

Our member engagement programs help to identify issues of concern for businesses and the industry, and help direct NRA’s policy and lobbying strategies on behalf of members.

Industry Impact

Business Operations & Risks
Committees
Regulatory Reform
Environmental Regulations
Special Events

Business Operations & Risks

From everyday business risks through to wider industry issues, our policy team supports and works closely with members to drive change in all areas of retail.

We use in-house and external resources to stay actively involved in issues that matter to retailers.

Tenancy & Leasing

Retail Crime

Committees

We coordinate a number of important industry committees. These committees facilitate vital discussions and offer retailers the opportunity to contribute to retail industry policy.

Find out more about our active committees at the links below:

Regulatory Reform

Retail regulations are often subject to change. As a peak industry body, we contribute to important discussions, meetings and submissions to fight for the best outcomes for the retail industry.

Find out more about our work on Liquor Regulation and Gift card reform.

Environmental Regulations

The National Retail Association continues to play an active role in developing and implementing environmental regulations in the retail space.

Recent projects include:

QLD Container Deposit Scheme

WA Container Deposit Scheme

Special Events

We liaise with government around special events like the Commonwealth Games and public holidays that impact the retail sector.

QLD Bag Ban

The NRA Safecity Network

Submissions to Government

As a team we are a lot happier and all my volunteers now work great together. They are a lot more proud of the store and of their duties. I no longer have to ask for tasks to be done as they all work together and find what needs to be done or tidied. We are also on 6 months in a row of making budget which never happened before.

Salvation Army WA Store Manager - LEAD Program Participant

Great materials! Enjoyed the different mediums [clips,text,etc] and enjoyed activities which got us to think outside the box. Training was spot on.

Kazazz Jewellery – People Leadership Workshop Participant

The ARL consumer insights report

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Recycling is still seen as the most impactful everyday behaviour consumers can do to help the environment. The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has released the ARL Consumer Insights Report, and in fantastic news, awareness of the label continues to grow, and three-quarters of consumers are asking to see...

6 December 2023

Dr Geoffrey Annison on the establishment of a federal Anti-Modern Slavery Commissioner

On 3 November 2023, the Federal Government introduced the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 into Parliament...

On 3 November 2023, the Federal Government introduced the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 into Parliament establishing Australia’s first federal Anti-Modern Slavery Commissioner. This milestone event was, of course, expected as it was part of the Government’s policy platform going into the 2022 federal election, and...

6 December 2023

AGHA Sydney Gift + Home Expo

The largest industry-led B2B trade event in Sydney for products in Home, Gift, Fashion, Kids, Beauty & Wellbeing, Outdoor...

The largest industry-led B2B trade event in Sydney for products in Home, Gift, Fashion, Kids, Beauty & Wellbeing, Outdoor and more. The Gift + Home Expo (inc Sydney Gift Fair) connects thousands of Australian buyers with leading industry suppliers from February 17 - 20 2024, all under one roof at...

20 November 2023