Morning Mail: Nationals accused of serving tobacco lobby on vaping; supermarkets face massive fines; 1,300 die in hajj heat

The AMA president says the Nationals’ push to regulate vapes like cigarettes is a ‘tax grab’ that shows ‘complete disregard’ for health. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Good morning. Parliament is back this week and should take a crucial vote on the government’s anti-vaping restrictions. The Australian Medical Association has hit out at the Nationals for taking the advice of the tobacco lobby over health experts, saying the junior Coalition partner’s push for vapes to be regulated the same way as cigarettes is “a tax grab that shows a complete disregard for the health of Australians”.

After a flood of consumer and supplier complaints about their soaring profits, supermarkets may face billions in fines for breaches of the grocery code of conduct as Labor commits to pushing through reforms proposed by Craig Emerson’s independent review.