Victoria will finally set up a tobacco licensing scheme, more than two years after it was recommended, as part of a crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade that has sparked a spate of fire bombings.
Premier Jacinta Allan told Raf Epstein on ABC Mornings that the government was working a new licensing scheme with legislation set to be introduced by the end of 2024.
The Andrews government commissioned the Better Regulation Commissioner Anna Cronin to examine the issue – she handed a report to the state in 2022 which recommended a licensing scheme.
The state has blamed the outbreak of violence on the price of cigarettes and the flood of illegal tobacco coming into Australia.
Former federal police and border force officer Rohan Pike set up the Tobacco Strike Team.
Now a consultant, he says Victoria needs some form of regulation, because at the moment the state was relying on Customs to stop tobacco from entering the country.
"This is an important step to protect Victorians from the scourge of tobacco, and its enormous disease toll,‘’ he wrote on X.
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Premier Jacinta Allan told Raf Epstein on ABC Mornings that the government was working a new licensing scheme with legislation set to be introduced by the end of 2024.
The Andrews government commissioned the Better Regulation Commissioner Anna Cronin to examine the issue – she handed a report to the state in 2022 which recommended a licensing scheme.
The state has blamed the outbreak of violence on the price of cigarettes and the flood of illegal tobacco coming into Australia.
Former federal police and border force officer Rohan Pike set up the Tobacco Strike Team.
Now a consultant, he says Victoria needs some form of regulation, because at the moment the state was relying on Customs to stop tobacco from entering the country.
"This is an important step to protect Victorians from the scourge of tobacco, and its enormous disease toll,‘’ he wrote on X.
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