Australia news live: Minns claims federal tobacco tax hike is boosting organised crime; business group warns of rampant ‘AI anxiety’

The NSW premier has called out the federal government’s tobacco tax, saying the biggest supporters of it are “probably organised crime figures”, given it is driving consumers to purchase illegal tobacco.

Chris Minns told reporters a little earlier he did see the public health benefit of the tobacco excise, but he said the “massive increase” had not stopped people from smoking. He said:

The federal…