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On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1242, Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. In 1775, American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1881, Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter (died 1955) was born. In 1898, Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter (died 2009) was born. In 1933, Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. In 1971, U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. In 1989, Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. In 1994, Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. In 2015, Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2017, A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Firebombings and crime fuel calls for tobacco excise cut

Sky News Australia

June 17, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Appeal to Fear

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IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild claims Australia's tobacco black market is thriving while governments continue to raise excise. “It’s far more common to buy something on the black market than on the legal market at the moment when it comes to tobacco, and you’ve pointed out the crime and the firebombings and everything that goes with it,” Mr Wild told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “If the excise were to be cut, you would actually get more revenue because people would go back to the legal market. “I think it’s really quite extraordinary though, that we’re in this situation where it’s just so obvious.”

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