SYDNEY: Australia's AUKUS submarine fleet base and its vicinity are being quietly connected to three powerful new undersea internet cables planned by Alphabet's Google and SUBCO, documents viewed by ...

Illegal tobacco is burning a $4 billion hole in Australia's hip pocket but policy boffins are sceptical lowering the tax on legal cigarettes will stop the rot. The economic cost of organised crime to ...

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed its ­estimates on the size of the black market are “unreliable” – conceding the problem is far larger than thought. Premier Chris Minns seized on the ...

The brazen daylight arson attack on an Adelaide store has sparked fears of a dangerous new chapter in South Australia’s tobacco wars. A potentially deadly daylight arson attack on an open store – with ...

Speaking exclusively to The Trial Australia podcast, former criminal turned journalist Ryan Naumenko revealed how his insider coverage of Melbourne's tobacco wars nearly cost him his life. The tobacco ...

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has formed a new illicit tobacco task force. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman The government will pull together another new national taskforce to try and crack down ...

THIS cheap buy can help your water pipes from bursting this winter – saving you money and stress. For just £2.79, this familiar poolside toy will have you shocked at how useful it can be at home.

Internal tobacco industry data estimates the illicit tobacco market now makes up 64 per cent of all tobacco consumed in Australia and 82 per cent of the total nicotine consumed. And as of September ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a brand-new side effect of tobacco—and it’s been hiding in plain sight for centuries. Using a smart new analysis technique, researchers found that smoking leaves behind ...