Northern Victoria Region
Gaelle BROAD (Northern Victoria) (14:51): (655) My question is the Treasurer, following the issue of land tax assessments. I would like to know why primary producers are receiving bills for land tax when they are exempt and what actions the state government is taking to prevent this from happening. Many primary producers have paid the bill without understanding that they can apply for an exemption. Under Labor Victoria now has the highest debt of any state, and this government has introduced over 50 new taxes and charges since coming to office a decade ago. After further tax changes last year many are paying land tax for the first time and find it difficult to get advice. As the Labor state debt continues to grow to over $170 billion and interest repayments just to service the debt have increased to $24 million every day, the state government must ensure that innocent people do not end up paying more tax than they should.