>Australia's illicit tobacco trade has exploded into one of the nation's most violent and fastest-growing criminal markets, costing $4 billion in the 2023-24 financial year and helping push the total economic toll of organised crime to a record $82.3 billion.
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>The federal government's independent assessment body for major projects has given approval for the next phase of a project to deliver high-speed rail linking Sydney with Newcastle via the Central Coast.
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>Police believe a man who was fatally shot in Melbourne's outer north in July was killed by organised crime figures from New South Wales who travelled to Victoria specifically for the hit.
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>The illegal tobacco market has left a $3.3bn hole in the federal government’s finances, with Australia’s national criminal intelligence agency warning organised crime’s dominance of the market is continuing to grow.
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