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Tiran and Erandi Perera run the Aboriginal-owned Pukatja Roadhouse in Cnetral Australia, about 1,400 north-west of Adelaide and 450km south of Alice Springs.
A stark picture of how much a packet of cigarettes costs in Australia was laid bare when one solo pack was shown to be the cost equivalent of a bag of groceries.
Alcohol, cigarettes and petrol don't just incur excise - also known as the 'sin taxes'. Consumers who enjoy or use these products have been hit with double-digit price rises in the past year.
Australia's smokers and drinkers have been spared a tax hike on Budget night for the first time in almost a decade despite a string of forecast deficits. Josh Frydenberg is the first Treasurer since 2012 to have avoided raising excise duty - colloquially known as sin taxes - for some easy revenue. Since 2013, both sides of politics had annually increased excise duty on tobacco and alcohol. A month before losing the election that year, former prime minister Kevin Rudd and his treasurer Chris Bowen announced Labor's intention to introduce an annual 12.5 per cent tobacco excise over the next f...