Southern Metropolitan Region
David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:45): (400) My matter is for the Treasurer, and it concerns an issue that some others in the chamber have referred to and that I talked about yesterday as well. This is the state government’s new tax on GPs and health professionals – this new and extraordinary payroll tax that has been put on primary care, clobbering doctors, clobbering the supply and smashing the availability of bulk-billing. It is a very stupid tax; it is counterproductive. In my area of Southern Metropolitan Region I have had a number of representations. What I would seek from the Treasurer is, first of all, the release of the expected collections of tax in Southern Metropolitan Region and an amnesty for those who are being clobbered by this shameful tax – a payroll tax on health, a payroll tax on doctors and a tax to smash bulk-billing. Bad news, Mr Andrews.