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Scope: 713 bills from the 47th–48th Parliaments · votes, speeches & amendments to 14 May 2026
Before Reps Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Modernisation and Other Measures) People and companies could be prosecuted for importing, carrying or possessing tobacco when the facts give reasonable grounds to suspect it was imported unlawfully or to avoid duty. The bill also creates four offences covering tobacco imported without permission or against permit conditions. These offences carry maximum penalties of five years in prison, 6,000 penalty units, or both. Customs officers’ existing arrest power would extend to the new offences.
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