Sweeping changes to alcohol tax and regulation urged on Turnbull government
Simplifying alcohol taxes would make spirits and high-end wine less expensive, but spell the end of cheap "goon".
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
Simplifying alcohol taxes would make spirits and high-end wine less expensive, but spell the end of cheap "goon".
Attorney-General George Brandis described the defeat as a "sad day".
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Former Labor leader Mark Latham has been sacked as a commentator by Sky News
Rod Culleton claims Queen Elizabeth has been unlawfully scrubbed from Western Australia's laws.
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"It's very, very clear that we do not approve the changes," Gillian Triggs told the inquiry.
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As the Turnbull government prepared to pass a clutch of welfare cuts late on Wednesday night, Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie rose to her feet, her eyes welling and her voice shaking with rage.
"This is an assault on every democracy, every parliament, every free nation," Malcolm Turnbull said.
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