NSW Cabinet Split Over Retail Displays

Source from:  tr.itsmyiq.com Jul 23, 2008 07/24/2008

The cabinet in New South Wales is believed to be split over a plan to introduce a retail display ban on tobacco products, according to a report by Andrew Clennell for the Canberra Times. The minister assisting the Health Minister (Cancer), Verity Firth, will take a plan to cabinet in the next fortnight that would see the ban introduced more than four years after it was announced by the previous minister, Frank Sartor. But the cabinet is understood to be split on the proposal, with support from the Treasurer, Michael Costa, and Small Business Minister, Joe Tripodi, questionable. Enditem