Former top medical officer calls for cut to tobacco taxes
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-05-17 19:30 UTC+10:00
Section: National
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Health, Education, Crime & Justice, Australia, Economy & Finance, Financial Markets, Tax & Budget, Business & Economy, Crime & Justice
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One of Australia’s top former medical advisers has called for tobacco tax cuts, labelling the emergence of a multibillion-dollar black market controlled by organised crime a “whole of government policy failure”.
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