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New Zealand smoking ban scrapped by government in shock reversal – BBC News

New Zealand’s new government says it plans to scrap the nation’s world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts, a reversal strongly criticised by health experts. The legislation, introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in New Zealand, and the policy had aimed to stop young…

Price of Australia’s scrapped submarine deal revealed

The cost of the abandoned project to acquire French vessels is expected to balloon further The cancellation of the deal to purchase French submarines is expected to cost Australia $591 million (US$381 million) in additional expenses, such as asset write-downs and re-employment programs, officials have said. The figures were relayed to the Senate, the upper’s house of parliament, by the state-run enterprises Australian Naval Infrastructure…

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