Spiralling black market cigarette sales have punched a major hole in the nation’s federal budget and led to firebombings in Sydney and Melbourne.

Australia’s black market tobacco industry has “exploded” and criminals have taken a “stranglehold”, the federal Health Minister says.

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Team hired by tobacco company cannot make arrests but can feed information to gardaí and Revenue

Team hired by tobacco company cannot make arrests but can feed information to gardaí and Revenue

Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.

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