{"id":18273,"date":"2025-11-06T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/illegal-tobacco-burns-3-3bn-hole-in-australias-tax-revenue-crime-agency-says\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:04:33","slug":"illegal-tobacco-burns-3-3bn-hole-in-australias-tax-revenue-crime-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/illegal-tobacco-burns-3-3bn-hole-in-australias-tax-revenue-crime-agency-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal tobacco burns $3.3bn hole in Australia\u2019s tax revenue, crime agency says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nshorts-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nshorts-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-headline\">Illegal tobacco burns $3.3bn hole in Australia\u2019s tax revenue, crime agency says<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-summary\">ACIC report says total impact of illicit trade on economy amounted to $4bn in a year amid debate over cigarette exciseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe illegal tobacco market has left a $3.3bn hole in the federal government\u2019s finances, with Australia\u2019s national criminal intelligence agency warning organised crime\u2019s dominance of the market is continuing to grow.The Australian Taxation Office believes the illegal trade now accounts for one in five tobacco sales, which has led to reduced tax revenues despite the government\u2019s excise on legal cigarettes reaching almost $30 for a pack of 20 sticks in September. The excise has increased almost eightfold since 2006, when it was $4.65. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/nov\/06\/tobacco-burns-33bn-hole-in-australias-tax-revenue-agency-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nshorts-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-audio-section\" style=\"margin-top:15px;padding:10px;background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:5px\"><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <audio controls style=\"width:100%;margin:10px 0\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&#038;tl=en&#038;client=tw-ob&#038;q=ACIC+report+says+total+impact+of+illicit+trade+on+economy+amounted+to+%244bn+in+a+year+amid+debate+over+cigarette+exciseGet+our+breaking+news+email%2C+free+app+or+daily+news+podcastThe+illegal+tobacco+mar\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#0073aa;text-decoration:none\">\u2193 Download Audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts Illegal tobacco burns $3.3bn hole in Australia\u2019s tax revenue, crime agency says ACIC report says total impact of illicit trade on economy amounted to $4bn in a year amid debate over cigarette exciseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe illegal tobacco market has left a $3.3bn hole in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18274,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18273\/revisions\/18274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}