One Nation Proposes Policy to Counter Black-Market Tobacco

NSW Premier Backs One Nation Push to Cut Tobacco Tax by 75 Percent

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has backed a One Nation call to slash tobacco taxes as another price hike is due next month. “Well to be honest with you, I’ve been calling for the same thing for about a year. So it would be pretty disingenuous to come after One Nation agreed with that policy and say they’re wrong. So I am not going to say that,” he said on ABC. Minns said instead of reducing smoking, the tax made legal products less accessib…

Coalition eyes 80pc tobacco tax cut after being gazumped by One Nation

One Nation denies any skulduggery was involved when it announced a policy similar to one the Coalition planned.

Labor warns against One Nation policy to slash cigarette prices

Pauline Hanson’s plan to slash the tobacco tax has been lashed by prominent Labor MPs.

One Nation proposes policy to counter black-market tobacco

One Nation claimed that Australia’s tobacco excise policy has failed, backing organised crime instead, and brought forward a plan to counter this by cutting tobacco excise. One Nation’s plan involves lowering the imposed tax by 75 per cent, pausing indexation for three years and strengthening action against organised crime. According to Leader Senator Pauline Hanson, the Albanese Government is pretending that the current policy is still working,…