Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition says main focus of tobacco excise cut is tackling organised crimeAnne Ruston, the shadow minister for health and aged care, spoke this morning to tout the Coalition’s plans to slash the tobacco excise by 80%, saying the effort is designed to “break the business model” of organised crime.This is very much designed to try and get the government back in control of the nicotine market, not organised crime... Two more Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 36. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Follow the day’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition says main focus of tobacco excise cut is tackling organised crimeAnne Ruston, the shadow minister for health and aged care, spoke this morning to tout the Coalition...S1
- Two more Australians have been confirmed safe after the Nepal-Tibet flood, with the number of unaccounted-for Australians revised down to 36. Follow live.S2