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Tobacco Tax Call up in Smoke as Politicians Squabble

Labor says the Coalition’s plan would reward tobacco companies and deepen nicotine addiction, as illicit cigarette sales and excise losses continue to grow.

Cutting the tobacco excise in a bid to stub out the black market has been dismissed by the government as a gift to the tobacco industry.

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Labor slams excise cut plan as Coalition being addicted to big tobacco

One of the nation’s largest public health failures, the surge in illegal cigarettes, is now the centre of fight between the government and opposition.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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