Thursday, 28 August 2025

Illicit tobacco

David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:57): The Libertarian Party has long been critical of tobacco control policies at both the state and federal level. It has been long known now that the tobacco control policies have led to an explosion in organised crime and have been a contributor to arson attacks all across the state. But this week we have heard even more disturbing news – that there are connections between these same groups and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is soon to be classified as a terrorist organisation. We need to have an urgent review at both the state and federal level, an emergency review, of tobacco control policies, because what is happening here – what recent wastewater analysis has shown – is that tobacco consumption has gone up. The current policies have led to an explosion in organised crime. Indeed they are putting our national security at risk. Before we can conduct this review the public health bureaucrats that have been pushing for these policies have put us at risk. They must be held to account before this review can happen. The people that have been pushing for these policies must be held to account and sacked.