Ideological commitment to price signal roadblocking tobacco tax cut

By Sky News Australia

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NSW Labor MLC Stephen Lawrence says the federal Labor government is reluctant to cut the tobacco excise due to an entrenched ideological commitment to the price signal in public health circles.

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