Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

You're wanting to see what the model is in terms of the illegal tobacco use? Is that the question? I'll try and draw this out as long as I can! The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce continues to crack down on the illicit tobacco trade with the Australian Border Force, the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, as well as law enforcement agencies, working together to target, disrupt and dismantle serious and organised crime syndicates that deal in illicit tobacco. Since its establishment in July 2018, the Illicit Tobacco Taskforce has led 58 operations involving or related to domestically grown tobacco, and these have resulted in the seizure and destruction of over 380 tonnes of illicit tobacco and over seven million cigarettes, with an estimated forgone duty value of $567 million. Ten people have been convicted and sentenced to jail terms of up to three years.