Tony Abbott has banned the Liberal Party from accepting tobacco company donations.
Abbott acted after Kevin Rudd told Fairfax Media that if re-elected he would amend the Electoral Act to ban donations from tobacco companies to Australian political parties and candidates.
Abbott, launching the opposition health policy, said he did not want Rudd’s “distractions. Mr Rudd is going to run a distraction a day”.
The Labor Party banned accepting donations from tobacco companies in 2004. Labor says that since then the Coalition has taken more than A$2 million from these companies. It also says the Coalition accepted A$1 million while Tony Abbott was health minister in the Howard government.
Rudd is quoted in Fairfax Media saying: “Tobacco companies themselves have admitted they only donate to political parties to try to influence policy.”
The Labor Government passed legislation for the plain packaging of cigarettes, which was unsuccessfully fought in the High Court by the industry.
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Its recent economic statement contained a big hike in tobacco excise.
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