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SenateTuesday 8 September 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator DUNIAM (Tasmania—Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (14:03): Minister, the government keeps hiking tobacco taxes. The legal market has collapsed. The black market has exploded.

The gangs have made billions, and Australians are the ones facing gang violence. Now, even the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, says that the policy is 'not working' and is driving people into the criminal market. How much more evidence does Labor need before it admits its own policy has helped organised crime thrive?

SourceSenate, Tuesday 8 September 2026 — official recordTA-260908-senate-59cec871b8cf:s105