Tuesday, 12 August 2025

 Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (14:55): (1224) My question this afternoon is to the Treasurer. This current Labor government has made much in recent weeks of the advantages of working from home, and on this side of the house we agree that workplace flexibility is a wonderful thing. However, I have great concerns, and many people in Polwarth who are now starting to receive bills for land tax for working at home want to know what obligations now exist on residents to declare their working-from-home status. In correspondence recently received by me, the State Revenue Office has made it clear if you work more than three days per week at home, you may be liable for land tax. If you have an at-home business – such as you teach music, you may run a small business from home, you may be a hairdresser, a masseuse, an artist, a musician, any number of other occupations – and if you earn more than $30,000 a year, your primary place of residence owes land tax.