The Victorian parliament has passed new laws to curtail the practice of “scalping”, purchasing tickets and then on-selling them at higher prices.
The new laws will allow event organisers to apply for “declared event” status.
Onselling tickets will still be permitted in some instances, but organisations that resell tickets for more than 10% of their official price will face heavy penalties.
The “Declared Event” status has already been allocated to all upcoming AFL finals matches. In past years many onsold tickets for finals matches were priced at more than four times their original value.