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BoxerMan

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Australian government wins plain packaging case
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.

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

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Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case
Reply #1 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 2:57pm

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-pack
aging-case-against-philip-morris-20151218-glqo8s.html

Damn..that really sucks.

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"I just get sick of people who place a label on someone else with their own definition.

It's similar to a strawman fallacy"
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BoxerMan New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23 Australia Gender:	Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case Reply #2 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 3:28pm gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 2:57pm: Damn..that really sucks. Got a few thousand invested in tobaccy have you?
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mariacostel Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7344 Sydney Gender:	Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case Reply #3 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 5:13pm 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.
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gizmo_2655 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16010 South West NSW Gender:	Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case Reply #4 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 5:23pm BoxerMan wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 3:28pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Dec 18^th, 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..
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Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case
Reply #5 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 5:33pm

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

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

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

Damn..that really sucks.

Got a few thousand invested in tobaccy have you?

Cry

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

And the packaging affects your purchasing habits how?

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Maqqa Gold Member Offline 14% - that low?! Posts: 16000	Re: Australian government wins plain packaging case Reply #6 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:56pm 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
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