❓ Question regarding the impact of Commonwealth taxes on Australian workers, answered by the Acting Premier with criticism of the federal Treasurer's tax policies and a comparison to state tax relief measures.
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COMMONWEALTH TAXES
Before I ask my question I welcome students and teaching staff from Geraldton Grammar School who are in the gallery this afternoon. Can the Acting Premier inform the house of any new evidence showing the real impact of commonwealth taxes on Australian workers? Mr E.S. RIPPER
Before I ask my question I welcome students and teaching staff from Geraldton Grammar School who are in the gallery this afternoon. Can the Acting Premier inform the house of any new evidence showing the real impact of commonwealth taxes on Australian workers? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Can the Acting Premier inform the house of any new evidence showing the real impact of commonwealth taxes on Australian workers? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
“His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
“Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Can the Acting Premier inform the house of any new evidence showing the real impact of commonwealth taxes on Australian workers? Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
I can because it is important that we all recognise that the real glutton at the tax table is Peter Costello. He is the highest taxing Treasurer in Australia’s history. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
The SPEAKER : Order! I call the members for Vasse and Murray to order. Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : The member for Vasse will be judged on his record. While he was President of the Busselton Shire Council, he increased rates by 15 per cent over two years. That is what he did when he had a little taste of power. Imagine what he would be like if he had a little bit more power than being President of the Busselton Shire Council. Returning to the federal government, Peter Costello is taxing average Australian workers like never before. Adelaide’s The Advertiser , a journal of some substance, has taken up this issue on a number of occasions. It revealed in April that taxpayers have been belted in the hip pocket by 183 new taxes since the Howard government took office 10 years ago. Does the member for Vasse know how much the 183 new taxes have raised? It is $18.3 billion! That represents $90 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation. The Advertiser has again taken up this very important cause. It has a campaign on federal taxes, and it is doing the right thing. Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
Mr E.S. RIPPER : I cannot understand why the member for Vasse got a B+ from Robert Taylor in his assessment this morning. I think Mr Taylor could qualify as a FIFA referee with an assessment like that. As we are coming to the end of the parliamentary sitting, it is time to reflect on other people’s performances. There is another judge apart from Mr Taylor, and that is the member for Hillarys, who has provided his report on the member for Vasse. This is what he said - “I think the biggest problem the Liberal Party will now face will be Troy Buswell . . . “His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party” It is about time Robert Taylor got a bit of strength into his rhetoric. The member for Hillarys can give a decent assessment, but Mr Taylor has gone soft. Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
“His cowardly and gutless disloyalty will be the start of his demise and I think you will find the shining star of Troy Buswell will diminish over the coming months. “Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
“Let me tell you, if he is the future of the Liberal Party then God help the Liberal Party”
Let us come back to what Peter Costello is doing. All Australian workers are paying $77 a week more in tax than they were 10 years ago. The tax take is growing at double the rate of people’s incomes. Average weekly earnings are up by 16 per cent in the past decade, but Peter Costello’s tax take is up by 35.2 per cent. Think of those figures - incomes up by 16 per cent; tax up by 35.2 per cent. In contrast, in Western Australia the government is planning $3.3 billion worth of tax relief over the next four years. Eleven state taxes will have been abolished by the time the government’s program is completed. We are funding a capital works program worth $18 billion, with record spending in key service areas of health, education and law and order. Meanwhile, the commonwealth, with all its tax take from Western Australia, is missing in action when it comes to the infrastructure that this state needs for the future.
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