Australia’s gas giants have clashed with senators in a fiery Senate inquiry, with executives warning new export taxes would ...
Sixty-six body bags, representing daily Australian tobacco deaths, were displayed at Parliament House. Health advocates ...
A clutch of senators who offered tobacco giant Philip Morris a private hearing at a parliamentary committee have been accused ...
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'Tiny' tax returns on gas has leading economist fuming

Australians have finite stocks of gas and other natural resources and deserve a fair return on them, an inquiry has been told as calls grow for tax reform.
A Senate inquiry into Australia’s illicit tobacco trade has come under fire after tobacco giant Philip Morris gave evidence in a closed session, without being listed on the public witness schedule.