Labor’s tax assault on smokers is more battery of the persecuted

From an APP member Should it win government at the next federal election, the Labor Party is planning to increase tobacco excise by 12.5% a year for four years to 2020. This means that smokers, statistically already disproportionately on lower ...
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APP policy: Taxation

The Australian economy is currently burdened with several unnecessary taxes, in particular those introduced by the Gillard government, such as the Carbon Tax and Flood Levy, which are to the detriment of businesses and consequently working ...
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Oh, God, please, stop him, someone stop him – Michael Kroger on Rudd

Former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger was on ABC1’s Lateline Friday, with presenter Leigh Sales and AWU national secretary Paul Howes. Sales asked Kroger if it is hypocritical of the opposition to attack Kevin Rudd over his ETS ...
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10 Wong reasons to tax us

The Sydney Morning Herald published a speech by Penny Wong (our Minister of Climate Change, Storms, Droughts, and Rainy Days). Sometimes I marvel that humanity ever managed to get civilized. “Climate Sceptics are all red herrings and quackery” Get ...
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