FED:Roxon confident of support for plain packs

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2011
FED:Roxon confident of support for plain packs

Health Minister NICOLA ROXON believes Labor's plain packaging push will pass parliament,
even if the coalition doesn't support the legislation which aims to cut smoking rates.

The government wants to force all cigarettes to be sold in olive-brown packs from the
middle of next year, in a world-first move.

The opposition says it will support the main enabling legislation, but not an associated
bill which aims to ensure plain packaging won't affect trademark owners ability to protect
their trademarks from use by other persons.

Ms ROXON says Opposition Leader TONY ABBOTT can't support one bill and not the other,
and she's confident both will get through the parliament without Mr ABBOTT'S help.

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