Tasmania
Small state, serious sites — Bell Bay, health services and food production all want the documentation before the machine.
Tasmania's larger employers are concentrated in health, education, food and beverage production, aquaculture and heavy industry at Bell Bay. Supplier onboarding at those sites is as rigorous as anywhere on the mainland, and the state's dispersed geography adds a second question: will service actually happen. Our answer to both is documented — a full insurance file up front, and a northern and southern service cycle with capacity planned for the interval rather than an optimistic weekly promise. WorkSafe Tasmania is the regulator our safe work documentation and technician induction records are written to satisfy, and hosts range from salmon-farm processing sheds and cool-store distribution depots to UTAS campus buildings and the Spirit of Tasmania terminal at Devonport — sites with quite different induction expectations, from a five-minute sign-in to a full contractor safety module before boots hit the floor.
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.
WorkSafe Tasmania administers the state's harmonised WHS framework. We attend as a supplier with our own safe work documentation, inducted technicians and workers compensation cover, and we complete whatever contractor induction a host runs, from a signed visitor register at a small distribution depot to a formal safety briefing at a processing plant.
Placement is agreed with your quality lead and kept to amenities and crib areas, with sealed glass-front units and managed stock rotation to suit hygiene and pest-control audits.
A number of Tasmanian sites operate out of older buildings, particularly around Hobart's waterfront precincts and Launceston's inner industrial streets, so our technicians check that the outlet a machine is plugged into is RCD-protected and will fit a portable RCD where a host's switchboard doesn't already provide one. Test-and-tag records to AS/NZS 3760 are supplied on request, which is common at Bell Bay and at food-manufacturing sites with their own electrical safety procedure.
Machines sited near loading docks or coastal buildings at Devonport, Burnie and Bell Bay are positioned clear of prevailing weather and secured with anti-tip bracketing, since exposed entries in Tasmania see more wind-driven rain and salt air than most mainland sites. Access for the northern or southern service run is agreed at placement — a rear corridor, a loading bay, or a defined delivery window around a processing site's wash-down schedule.
All stock is prepacked, labelled and date-marked, rotated on each visit, with nothing prepared on your premises.
General information for procurement and facilities teams, not legal advice. Legislation is named so your WHS or compliance officer can verify it directly.
Documentation
Hobart, Launceston, Bell Bay, Devonport or Burnie — tell us the site and we will send the certificate of currency along with the service cycle for your region.
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.
Queensland
Queensland has the strictest electrical testing expectations in the country and the highest vending demand. Here's the documentation that clears both.
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.
Northern Territory
Controlled access, long distances and tough conditions — the three things a NT host site checks before signing off a supplier.
FAQ
On a scheduled northern or southern cycle, adjusted by telemetry. Capacity is sized to the interval so the machine doesn't empty between visits, and if sell-through outpaces the model we increase capacity at no cost.
Yes — cashless-only machines, inducted technicians and full insurance documentation supplied before the first visit.
It has to. Hot beverages and substantial food lines carry the range from roughly April to October, with cold drinks scaled back rather than dominating the planogram.
It responds to third-party injury or property damage caused by the machine or by our technicians while attending your site — for example a dropped delivery causing a floor mark, or an equipment fault. Because the machine remains our asset, that liability sits with us as owner and operator rather than with your business, and your own site insurance keeps running unchanged.
Our technicians check the outlet before plugging in, carry a portable RCD for sites where the switchboard doesn't already have one, and can supply AS/NZS 3760 test-and-tag records on request — routine for Bell Bay and for processing sites running their own electrical safety procedure.
$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
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 write-upWarehouse · Truganina, VIC
Night shift was tapping vending machines in the servo across the road. Now they don't leave the site. It's paid for itself in productivity in the first month — and we paid nothing for it.
Read the write-upGym · 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-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 TAS
These pages sit either side of this one in the TAS silo — the same market from a different angle, the workplace types we install into most, and the cover that applies to every site.