Backlash over secret Senate hearing for tobacco giants

Backlash over secret Senate hearing for tobacco giants

The federal government is asking what the coalition has to hide, after it was sprung offering a private hearing to tobacco giant Philip Morris.

Philip Morris secret hearing angers health advocates over double standard

The federal health minister and health groups are raising concerns about a secret appearance of cigarette giant Philip Morris at a parliamentary inquiry examining black market tobacco.

Secret Big Tobacco hearings will be released eventually... redacted: Blyth - Medical Republic

Philip Morris wasn't even listed on the witness schedule at the illegal tobacco hearing, and the public wasn’t able to watch. The secrecy has drawn swift condemnation.

Who'd benefit from tobacco tax changes? : Intouch Public Health

Malcolm Baalman The hearings of the Senate inquiry into ‘The illegal tobacco crisis in Australia’ commenced Monday 4 May. The inquiry was proposed by federal Coalition senators late in 2025, and is due to report by 30 June 2026. Several government agencies and many public health groups have made submissions about the menace of illegal […] The post Who’d benefit from tobacco tax changes? appeared first on Intouch Public Health.

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