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ALP took cash from tobacco retail king.

Australasian Business Intelligence, February, 2006

Byline: Jeremy Roberts

Feb 01, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A row has erupted over certain political donations in Australia. Anti-smoking groups have criticised the Australian Labor Party in South Australia for taking up to $A15,000 in donations from a tobacco retailer in 2004. Meanwhile, figures from the Australian

Electoral Commission show that British American Tobacco gave the Liberal Party of Australia some $A75,000 in 2004-05. The US cigarette manufacturer, Philip Morris, donated tens of thousands of dollars to several state divisions of the Liberal Party.The former Labor Party leader, Mark Latham, banned the party from taking donations from the...

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