❓ Mr Barnett questions a potential property tax impacting elderly, low-income homeowners on high-value land. Dr Gallop deflects, highlighting government support for seniors and criticising the previous government's tax policies, without directly answering the question.
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PREMIUM PROPERTY TAX
I refer to widespread reports of a property tax to be levied on owner-occupied family homes, for which the land value is more than $1 million. Will an elderly person with a fixed income who lives in a modest home on land valued at more than $1 million pay the new property tax, whereas a wealthy person living in a luxury home on land valued at less than $1 million will not pay the tax? Dr GALLOP
I refer to widespread reports of a property tax to be levied on owner-occupied family homes, for which the land value is more than $1 million. Will an elderly person with a fixed income who lives in a modest home on land valued at more than $1 million pay the new property tax, whereas a wealthy person living in a luxury home on land valued at less than $1 million will not pay the tax? Dr GALLOP
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As the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure noted, it is good to see that the Leader of the Opposition supports the battlers in our community! We will call the category that he is talking about the “Barnett battlers”. That will be a new terminology that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has introduced. Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP replied: As the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure noted, it is good to see that the Leader of the Opposition supports the battlers in our community! We will call the category that he is talking about the “Barnett battlers”. That will be a new terminology that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has introduced. Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
As the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure noted, it is good to see that the Leader of the Opposition supports the battlers in our community! We will call the category that he is talking about the “Barnett battlers”. That will be a new terminology that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has introduced. Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP replied: As the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure noted, it is good to see that the Leader of the Opposition supports the battlers in our community! We will call the category that he is talking about the “Barnett battlers”. That will be a new terminology that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has introduced. Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
As the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure noted, it is good to see that the Leader of the Opposition supports the battlers in our community! We will call the category that he is talking about the “Barnett battlers”. That will be a new terminology that the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure has introduced. Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Mr Barnett: You are so callous. Many of those people served in the Second World War. The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Question time today is limited by the lunch break. If we wish to get through as many questions as possible, I ask that members please keep the noise to a minimum. Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP: The budget will be announced at two o’clock and the Treasurer will discuss all the expenditure and revenue measures. As I have said on many occasions, the community must fund its health, education and training systems. The Police Service must also be funded to fight crime in the community. Community development must be funded to find new initiatives that will improve the quality of life. How do we share the burden of taxation in society? That is a question every Government must answer. I find it interesting that when the previous coalition Government answered that question, ordinary families always bore the brunt of its taxation measures. The previous Government took things such as stamp duty and motor vehicle licence fees to the ordinary folk of Western Australia and asked them to pay for its incompetence. When the Treasurer announces the budget today, members will realise that a different philosophy is now in place in Western Australia - a philosophy of fairness. On the question posed by the Leader of the Opposition about the elderly in our community, I am pleased to report to the House that this side recognises that on the one hand, some people in the community have a good asset, but on the other they are relatively income-poor. The Labor Government was the first to recognise that and I applaud the efforts of my former colleague, Hon Kay Hallahan, who introduced the Seniors Card in Western Australia. Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Government members: Hear, hear! Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
Dr GALLOP: She was a great member of Parliament and minister, and she has been a great servant of the people of Western Australia since she retired. The Labor Party came back into government earlier this year. The Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth has introduced a range of new measures to help self-funded retirees in Western Australia who have large assets. Members should not come into this Parliament and say that this Government does not respect the rights of seniors in Western Australia. We respect the rights of people in this community who have contributed to our society and who may have relatively high assets but a relatively poor income. We respect and honour those people and we have improved the benefits to those people.
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