Australian government wins plain packaging case against Philip Morris Asia

The federal government has won its case against tobacco giant Philip Morris Asia challenging Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws.

It means the former Gillard government's plain-packaging laws, introduced in 2011, will remain in place.

The tribunal in the arbitration, based in Singapore, has issued a unanimous decision agreeing with Australia's position that it has no jurisdiction to hear Philip Morris's claim.   

read more here

smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australian-government-wins-plain-packaging-case-against-philip-morris-20151218-glqo8s.html

BoxerMan wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 2:34pm:

Australian government wins plain packaging case against Philip Morris Asia The federal government has won its case against tobacco giant Philip Morris Asia challenging Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. It means the former Gillard government's plain-packaging laws, introduced in 2011, will remain in place. The tribunal in the arbitration, based in Singapore, has issued a unanimous decision agreeing with Australia's position that it has no jurisdiction to hear Philip Morris's claim.    read more here smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australian-government-wins-plain-packaging-case-against-philip-morris-20151218-glqo8s.html

Damn..that really sucks.

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 2:57pm:

Damn..that really sucks.

Got a few thousand invested in tobaccy have you?

:'( :'(

I'm not sure why anyone is particularly surprised to hear that a foreign arbitration tribunal says it has no say of domestic australian law. The case was a travesty right from the beginning.

BoxerMan wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 3:28pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18th, 2015 at 2:57pm: Damn..that really sucks. Got a few thousand invested in tobaccy have you? :'( :'(

Nope, but I do smoke a bit of tobaccy..

gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 5:23pm:

BoxerMan wrote on Dec 18th, 2015 at 3:28pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18th, 2015 at 2:57pm: Damn..that really sucks. Got a few thousand invested in tobaccy have you? :'( :'( Nope, but I do smoke a bit of tobaccy..

And the packaging affects your purchasing habits how?

Must admit I've smoked about half a dozen cigarettes and dozen or so cigars in my life and I don't understand the big deal about the packaging issue