‘You’re not getting this revenue’: Labor slammed as tobacco tax strategy collapses

News24 host Peta Credlin backs the Coalition’s plan to slash tobacco excise by 80 per cent and legalise vapes. “The policy announcement for the Coalition, they’ve pledged to slash the tobacco excise by 80 per cent and legalise vapes; they’ll crack down on the illicit market if they win the election,” Ms Credlin said. “I have to say I don’t think they can do anything else here. “The government was critical of the coalition for forgoing this revenue; well, memo to the government: have you looked at your books? You’re not getting this revenue because people are not buying legal tobacco. “It’s got to happen, I assume.”