Queensland
Queensland has the strictest electrical testing expectations in the country and the highest vending demand. Here's the documentation that clears both.
Queensland runs the harmonised Work Health and Safety Act 2011 alongside the Electrical Safety Act 2002, which sets tighter testing expectations for portable equipment than most other states — particularly on construction, resource and industrial sites. It also happens to be the country's highest-demand vending market, with the Gold Coast and Brisbane together generating more vending searches than Sydney and Melbourne combined. Our Queensland package is built for the sites doing the asking: Yatala, Wacol, Paget, Gladstone and the estates in between.
What we carry
Public liability
$20 million
Covers third-party personal injury and property damage arising from the machine and from our people while they are on your site.
Product liability
Included
Covers the goods sold from the machine. Everything stocked is commercially packaged, in-date and sourced through mainstream Australian distribution.
The machine itself
Our asset, our cover
The unit remains our property and is insured by us. You are not asked to schedule it on your policy or accept liability for it.
Workers compensation
Held by us
Our technicians are covered under our own workers compensation policy in the state they attend.
Certificate of currency
On request, before install
Issued as a PDF naming the insurer, policy number, limit and period. Accepted by government, health, defence and tier-one construction procurement.
| Line item | Your cost |
|---|---|
| The vending machine | $0 |
| Delivery and freight to your site | $0 |
| Installation, commissioning and positioning | $0 |
| All stock and restocking visits | $0 |
| Servicing, repairs and parts | $0 |
| Cashless payment hardware and merchant fees | $0 |
| Public liability and product insurance | $0 |
| Removal if you no longer want the machine | $0 |
What you provide
No rental, no minimum spend, no sales guarantee and no invoice — ever.
We attend as a supplier with documented safe work procedures and inducted technicians, under our own Queensland workers compensation cover. Hosting a machine does not extend your duties beyond those already owed to any visiting contractor.
Queensland sets specific testing and tagging expectations for electrical equipment on construction and industrial sites. Our machines are supplied with compliant, RCM-marked leads and testing records are provided where your site requires them.
All stock is prepacked, labelled and date-marked to the Food Standards Code, with rotation on every visit. Nothing is prepared on your premises, so your own food licensing position is unchanged.
For Queensland sites we specify tropical-rated refrigeration and weight the planogram to water and electrolytes over summer — which is often the point of the placement on outdoor and shed-based work.
General information for procurement and facilities teams, not legal advice. Legislation is named so your WHS or compliance officer can verify it directly.
Documentation
Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Townsville or Cairns — name the site and the paperwork goes out before we book a check.
Request the documentationNew South Wales
What NSW procurement and WHS teams need on file before a machine is installed — and confirmation that nothing is invoiced afterwards.
Victoria
Victoria runs its own occupational health and safety framework. Here's how a free machine fits it, and what your procurement file will contain.
Western Australia
Resource-sector onboarding sets the bar in WA. Our documentation package is built to clear it before the first site visit.
South Australia
Defence, health and advanced manufacturing dominate SA procurement — and all three want the paperwork before the conversation.
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra runs on federal procurement rules. Our documentation is written for the person who has to file it.
Tasmania
Small state, serious sites — Bell Bay, health services and food production all want the documentation before the machine.
Northern Territory
Defence, remote operations and extreme heat — the Territory's three constraints, handled in writing before install.
FAQ
Yes. Queensland's electrical safety framework sets clearer expectations than most states, so testing and tagging records to AS/NZS 3760 are part of our standard Queensland documentation rather than something you have to request.
Yes — cashless-only machines with no cash on site, $20 million public liability, product liability, safe work documentation and inducted technicians. Shutdown installs with free removal at demobilisation are routine for us.
Climate and geography. Search demand for vending on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane exceeds Sydney and Melbourne combined, driven by heat, sprawling industrial estates with no walkable retail, and seven-day tourism and construction rosters.
$20 million. The policy covers third-party personal injury and property damage arising from the machine and from our technicians while they are working on your premises. Product liability on everything stocked is carried alongside it.
Yes, on request and before the machine is installed. The certificate is a PDF naming the insurer, the policy number, the limit of indemnity and the period of cover — the standard document a procurement or WHS officer needs for a supplier file.
No. The machine is our asset and stays on our policy. You are not asked to schedule it, note our interest, or extend your own cover in any way. Most sites simply file our certificate of currency and move on.
Liability for the machine itself sits with us as owner and operator, backed by the $20 million policy. Ordinary occupier duties for your premises stay with you, exactly as they would for any other equipment or supplier on site — nothing about this arrangement shifts additional risk onto your business.
Yes. There is no rental, delivery, installation, restocking, service, insurance or removal charge, and no minimum spend or sales guarantee to meet. The model is funded by the margin on products staff buy. You are never sent an invoice.
A one-page site placement agreement covering power, access and positioning. No minimum term, no lock-in, no exit fee. Either side can end it with reasonable notice and we collect the machine at our cost.
Experience you can check
Written and maintained by Dan Barnes — owner-operator, Free Vending Machines Australia
I have been placing and servicing vending equipment in Australian workplaces for over two decades — offices, warehouses, gyms, hospitals, schools, remote camps and government sites. Everything on this page reflects how we actually run installs across every state and territory: the machines we physically stock, the lead times our crews hold to, and the service standard we carry at our own cost. Nothing here is licensed boilerplate.
1. Two-question request
You tell us the workplace type and rough head count. No paperwork, no credit check, no sales visit required to get an answer.
2. Site check within 24 hours
We confirm head count, foot traffic, power location and access (lifts, stairs, loading dock, after-hours security) and pick the right machine.
3. Delivery and install
Our crew delivers, levels and commissions the machine, tests the cashless reader end-to-end and takes the packaging away. Nothing is invoiced.
4. Telemetry goes live
Every vend, temperature reading and fault code streams back to us. Low stock is flagged 2–3 days before a row empties.
5. Ongoing service, still $0
Restocks, cleaning, repairs, parts, product-mix changes and $20m public liability are all carried by us. Ask us to remove it and we do — no exit fee.
These are our three workhorse combination machines — photographed as they leave our workshop, stocked with the Australian brands your team actually buys. We recommend one based on your head count and floor space, never on what happens to be in the truck.
CV3 combo — slimline snack & drink
890mm wide · 1830mm high · 830mm deep
CV4 combo — mid-size with priced shelf labels
1000mm wide · 1830mm high · 830mm deep
CV5 combo — high-capacity site machine
1200mm wide · 1830mm high · 880mm deep
Proof
Gym · Fortitude Valley, QLD
I'd been quoted $8k for a machine that I'd have to stock and fix. This one turned up free, gets stocked automatically, and I get a monthly line item as revenue not a cost. No brainer.
Read the write-upManufacturing · Yatala, QLD
The objection was always cost, then it was hygiene zoning, then it was 'the last machine died and nobody came'. They answered all three before we signed anything, and the machine has never been empty.
Read the write-upGym · Underwood, QLD
We tried a fridge and lost money on it twice. This costs us nothing, it never runs out, and the 4am crowd finally has something to buy.
Read the write-up
Proof
Office · Barangaroo, NSW
Booking the dock and getting building management to approve a vendor is usually painful. This crew handled all of it — the machine appeared, plugged in, and the staff just started using it.
Read the case studiesFree download
What "free" actually covers, how sites are assessed, the insurance and compliance paperwork your facilities team will ask for, and the questions to put to any operator before you sign anything.
Get the guideTwo quick questions and you're on your way. No contract lock-ins, no hidden fees.
Keep exploring QLD
These pages sit either side of this one in the QLD silo — the same market from a different angle, the workplace types we install into most, and the cover that applies to every site.