Trump’s move on the PBS has shown that the US alliance is over. We are now on our own.
From fuel to fancy cars and a cold one at the pub,there are some vices – and necessities – that are carrying an extra cost.
The tobacco black market is thriving and,as senior economics correspondent Shane Wright tells The Morning Edition podcast,that’s creating problems for all Australians.
Alcohol levies are raising more money for the budget than cigarettes as documents reveal Treasury was unprepared for the financial fallout from vaping and black market tobacco.
Encouraged by social media influencers,more young Australians are taking up an illegal,unregulated nicotine product being marketed as a “healthier option” to vapes.
New Zealand embraces vaping nicotine as a harm-reduction tool while Australia persists with a flawed prohibition model.
Discarded vapes make up a growing part of the mess as e-waste moves into the top 10 types of litter found in Victoria for the first time.
Quit campaigners are moving to stay ahead of the vape industry’s youth-targeted marketing machine.
The state government hopes to disrupt the booming market in illegal vapes by imposing greater fines on retailers.
“One thing we don’t want to do is jeopardise the safety of innocent Queenslanders,” Police Minister Dan Purdie said.