❓ Question regarding WA's tax competitiveness measurement. Treasurer defends using tax as a share of gross state product, citing federal government's similar approach and criticising opposition's claims of incompetence.
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TAX COMPETITIVENESS - MEASUREMENT
Can the Treasurer inform the Parliament of what, if any, measures have been undertaken to improve the measurement of our tax competitiveness, and will it be a more meaningful approach to assessing this statistic? Mr E.S. RIPPER
Can the Treasurer inform the Parliament of what, if any, measures have been undertaken to improve the measurement of our tax competitiveness, and will it be a more meaningful approach to assessing this statistic? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I thank the member for her very good question. It is important to measure our tax effort. Taxes are important because they fund services. However, taxes are also a drag on the economy, and it is important to measure how much of a drag on the economy and how that relates to the situation in other jurisdictions which may be competing with us. Therefore, we believe that the important measure is tax as a share of gross state product. Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for her very good question. It is important to measure our tax effort. Taxes are important because they fund services. However, taxes are also a drag on the economy, and it is important to measure how much of a drag on the economy and how that relates to the situation in other jurisdictions which may be competing with us. Therefore, we believe that the important measure is tax as a share of gross state product. Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
I thank the member for her very good question. It is important to measure our tax effort. Taxes are important because they fund services. However, taxes are also a drag on the economy, and it is important to measure how much of a drag on the economy and how that relates to the situation in other jurisdictions which may be competing with us. Therefore, we believe that the important measure is tax as a share of gross state product. Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I thank the member for her very good question. It is important to measure our tax effort. Taxes are important because they fund services. However, taxes are also a drag on the economy, and it is important to measure how much of a drag on the economy and how that relates to the situation in other jurisdictions which may be competing with us. Therefore, we believe that the important measure is tax as a share of gross state product. Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
I thank the member for her very good question. It is important to measure our tax effort. Taxes are important because they fund services. However, taxes are also a drag on the economy, and it is important to measure how much of a drag on the economy and how that relates to the situation in other jurisdictions which may be competing with us. Therefore, we believe that the important measure is tax as a share of gross state product. Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr T.R. Buswell : So you can hide your incompetence. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Deputy Leader of the Opposition says that it is so that the government can hide its incompetence. That is a very interesting comment and certainly follows on from speeches he has made in the Parliament. He said of this move - It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
It is flawed because it changes due to factors other than the gross tax take of the state. On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
On another day he said - He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
He changed the measure. He said that the government was not doing too well with taxation per capita as a measure, so he said he would measure taxes as a percentage of gross state product. Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr P.D. Omodei : He is getting under your skin. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The Leader of the Opposition thinks the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is getting under my skin. There is another Treasurer in this country who uses exactly the same measure. Recently that other Treasurer released - Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : Members opposite do not want to hear facts that may contradict their prejudices, but they should listen. Recently that other Treasurer, the federal Treasurer, released the report of the Warburton-Hendy international benchmarking study into Australia’s taxation effort. When the federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, released that report what measure did he use? I will quote from his press statement when releasing that report, the second paragraph of which states - The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
The Report concludes that with an overall tax to GDP ratio of 31.6 per cent, Australia is a low tax country by comparison with other developed economies. What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
What measure is he using? He is using tax as a share of GDP. Further, it states - Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Australia’s total wage and salary tax take as a proportion of GDP is low compared with the OECD-30 and the OECD-10. Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Further on in the same press release - Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Australia’s direct taxation of individuals and payroll is 14% of GDP, . . . Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Obviously it is a very respectable measure of tax competitiveness. It is the way in which the federal government measures Australia’s tax effort in comparison with the tax effort of other developed countries. If the opposition shadow Treasurer is as good a shadow Treasurer as he pretends to be, he should come up to speed with how Treasurers measure the tax competitiveness of their jurisdictions. If he thinks that the state government is up to something tricky with regard to this measure, why does he not make the same allegations, on the record, against the federal Treasurer who measures his tax effort in precisely the same way? Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the first time.
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