❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Premier about a perceived discrepancy on a government website regarding land tax relief for landlords, specifically concerning the inclusion of 'outgoings' in the waiver requirements. The Premier defends the existing policy and blames opposition amendments for limiting benefits to small businesses.
AnsweredQoN 264Legislative Assembly
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LAND TAX
264. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier's responses create a little confusion because the website, as I
quoted before, said, ''Will you or
have you fully waived your tenant's rent and outgoings?'' My
understanding is that that has now changed regarding outgoings. It was
raised in an opinion piece by the Property Council on 1 May. There was a mistake on the website, but there has been a correction,
which was raised in an opinion piece by the Property Council on 1 May.
The Treasurer then came out and said that the opinion piece was not entirely
accurate. The reality is, was there a mistake on the website that required a change
by government, and could the Premier please explain this matter to the house?
The SPEAKER : Members, can I just
say you cannot use a supplementary as a speech.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know the
Premier's was a big one, but you do not always follow the leader.
264. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. The
Premier's responses create a little confusion because the website, as I
quoted before, said, ''Will you or
have you fully waived your tenant's rent and outgoings?'' My
understanding is that that has now changed regarding outgoings. It was
raised in an opinion piece by the Property Council on 1 May. There was a mistake on the website, but there has been a correction,
which was raised in an opinion piece by the Property Council on 1 May.
The Treasurer then came out and said that the opinion piece was not entirely
accurate. The reality is, was there a mistake on the website that required a change
by government, and could the Premier please explain this matter to the house?
The SPEAKER : Members, can I just
say you cannot use a supplementary as a speech.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : I know the
Premier's was a big one, but you do not always follow the leader.
AnswerView source ↗
The policy, as we initially outlined
it, is the policy that currently stands. I am unaware of what appeared in a line
in a website, but the policy that we outlined is the policy that stands. It
provides benefits to landlords who do the right thing by their tenants. As
members know, along this long and tortuous route we have been on over the last
10 weeks or so, one of the things we were very keen to do, and one of the
things I was very keen to achieve as part of the national cabinet was as much
protection as possible for tenants, both commercial and residential. It would
be fair to say that Western Australia led the way nationally on those issues.
If members ask the Prime Minister, he would probably confirm that we were very,
very keen. When the drafting process was required for coming up with the principles around commercial tenancies, that
task was given to Western Australia and New South Wales. It would be
fair to say, again, that the officers in the Western Australian government led
that process. I was very keen to provide
that support. The measures we announced stand. The legislation we passed
through both houses of Parliament stands. The commercial tenancy
legislation was amended, unfortunately, in the upper house by the opposition. That has limited the benefit to small business
across the state, and those changes to commercial tenancies have caused some grief. I have had some letters from tenants out there who have been
concerned by the fact that the limitations that were put in as part of those
amendments by the opposition in the upper house had caused this grief, but
unless we agreed to those amendments we would not have got our bill through.
Unfortunately, that is the reality of what we have to deal with. I suspect that
the opposition in the lower house is as frustrated with the opposition in the
upper house as we are.
it, is the policy that currently stands. I am unaware of what appeared in a line
in a website, but the policy that we outlined is the policy that stands. It
provides benefits to landlords who do the right thing by their tenants. As
members know, along this long and tortuous route we have been on over the last
10 weeks or so, one of the things we were very keen to do, and one of the
things I was very keen to achieve as part of the national cabinet was as much
protection as possible for tenants, both commercial and residential. It would
be fair to say that Western Australia led the way nationally on those issues.
If members ask the Prime Minister, he would probably confirm that we were very,
very keen. When the drafting process was required for coming up with the principles around commercial tenancies, that
task was given to Western Australia and New South Wales. It would be
fair to say, again, that the officers in the Western Australian government led
that process. I was very keen to provide
that support. The measures we announced stand. The legislation we passed
through both houses of Parliament stands. The commercial tenancy
legislation was amended, unfortunately, in the upper house by the opposition. That has limited the benefit to small business
across the state, and those changes to commercial tenancies have caused some grief. I have had some letters from tenants out there who have been
concerned by the fact that the limitations that were put in as part of those
amendments by the opposition in the upper house had caused this grief, but
unless we agreed to those amendments we would not have got our bill through.
Unfortunately, that is the reality of what we have to deal with. I suspect that
the opposition in the lower house is as frustrated with the opposition in the
upper house as we are.
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