April 11, 2016

Plain packaging: why are we waiting?

Press Release – Smokefree Coalition The Smokefree Coalition, along with groups like the Cancer Society, has been advocating for plain packaging since the measure was adopted in Australia back in 2011. Similar legislation was introduced here in 2014 but has been back-burnered due to Government …

Democratic process on the TPPA abused yet again

Press Release – Barry Coates Throughout the six years of secretive TPPA negotiations, the Prime Minister promised that there would be an opportunity for people to have their say in Parliamentary processes. However, the so-called democratic process has been a systematically …