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3 September 2026

Ending ‘Christmas for criminals’: Coalition's tobacco tax cut argument

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Ending ‘Christmas for criminals’: Coalition's tobacco tax cut argument

The Opposition on Thursday unveiled a sweeping new plan it argues would fundamentally change the system: making legal cigarettes cheaper through an 80 percent cut to the tobacco excise, while ...

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