House debates

Monday, 22 June 2026

Bills

Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026; Second Reading

6:40 pm

Photo of Steve GeorganasSteve Georganas (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

The bill before the House, the Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026, is a necessary and decisive response to a growing threat to Australia's public health, community safety and economic integrity. We're talking about the illicit tobacco trade. Speaking from experience, having been a nicotine addict on and off for many, many years in my life—I'm pretty clean at the moment and haven't touched a cigarette for well over four years—

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