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Politics

Pauline Hanson vows to slash cigarette prices by nearly $30 a pack

ABC News Australia - Politics · 18 August 2026 at 9:08 am

One Nation says high taxes on tobacco have pushed Australians into the black market, and the only way to undo that is by cutting the price of cigarettes in half.

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