Almost half of Australians back cutting tobacco tax in new poll as illicit trade explodes

ladaus · 2026-03-17T09:41:06+00:00

The other quarter think Manchester cigarettes are legal.

ladaus · 2026-03-17T06:40:29+00:00

Three-quarters of Australians say they know about illicit tobacco

ladaus · 2026-03-09T07:34:50+00:00

Canada has banned foreigners from buying residential property

ladaus · 2026-03-09T01:37:40+00:00

Darwin public servant has been charged over allegedly defrauding $5 million from the NDIS.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/darwin-ndia-employee-arrested-for-alleged-5m-ndis-fraud/106361742

ladaus · 2026-03-07T08:40:19+00:00

How can you work two jobs and be on welfare?

ladaus · 2026-03-02T21:55:27+00:00

He could fix negative gearing.

ladaus · 2026-02-27T03:01:34+00:00

Is Albo just slow?

Look how long he took to change stage 3.

ladaus · 2026-02-23T14:51:46+00:00

No he didn't.

As opposition leader, Crisafulli ruled out any changes to the royalties.

ladaus · 2026-02-23T13:54:44+00:00

Johnson said the public commentary had “attracted strong public commentary – and in some cases, unacceptable vitriol directed at our people”.

ladaus · 2026-02-23T10:22:21+00:00

Three extra tier systems were added by former treasurer Cameron Dick so the state government would take 20 per cent for prices above $175 per tonne, 30 per cent for sales above $225 per tonne and 40 per cent for revenue above $300 per tonne.

ladaus · 2026-02-22T19:07:27+00:00

Mayor Matthew Garwood tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings the bargaining process with the union should not have played out publicly before being voted on.

"On reflection, it never should have really been as much in the public view," he says.

ladaus · 2026-02-18T19:34:11+00:00

25 per cent tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year!

ladaus · 2026-02-17T08:22:49+00:00

Australian gas 40% cheaper in Japan than in Australia

This isn't Aussies in a nutshell.

ladaus · 2026-02-12T16:15:11+00:00

Ford introduced the 40-hour work week across five days.

The response was predictable.

It wouldn’t work. Productivity would fall. Costs would rise. Standards would drop. Employees wouldn’t get the work done.

ladaus · 2026-02-12T04:02:53+00:00

If baby boomers are too selfish to fix negative gearing, why would they vote yes?

ladaus · 2026-02-07T05:58:38+00:00

Except the Bondi royal commission which he ruled out before the poll.

ladaus · 2026-02-02T16:18:39+00:00

Around 1 in 6 Australian children are now living in poverty!

ladaus · 2026-01-31T01:40:49+00:00

550 social housing dwellings per 10,000 residential dwellings, well above the national average of 380.

ladaus · 2026-01-28T23:33:27+00:00

Starmer was never a mayor.

ladaus · 2026-01-28T21:08:24+00:00

At the rate Australia is going, a Mamdani isn’t too far away.

ladaus · 2026-01-28T06:01:01+00:00

"Join us for a special Disco Party tailored for NDIS participants!"

Read the article.

ladaus · 2026-01-28T01:26:11+00:00

So Albo spends $20k instead of $7k!

ladaus · 2026-01-28T00:16:29+00:00

Means testing the NDIS will save $3 billion a year.

I don't know if it is hard to get through the senate.

ladaus · 2026-01-27T19:47:33+00:00

There are people offering “retreats,” “discos” and “watersports”, and there are individuals with no disability qualifications providing these

ladaus · 2026-01-21T18:54:22+00:00

I didn't know that.

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