South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:51): (1693) My question is to Treasurer. A local manufacturer operating in the south-east for over half a century saw their land tax bill soar by nearly 96 per cent over Labor’s decade – that is right, it is more than a decade, it is more than 12 years that they have been in power and in government. Treasurer, on behalf of this business and many others, I am asking whether you would consider capping the forecast 5.4 per cent rise in land taxes for businesses. The recent state budget trumpeted targeted relief. It skited a power saving bonus, free public transport – which is not free, because our taxes are paying for it – and school camp funding assistance, which is just a token gesture when there is a lack of funding for schools. I have to ask: what assistance is this to industry? These are measly measures that will be reversed by massive taxes, charges and regulations. Local businesses are going insolvent thanks to the Allan Labor government’s – (Time expired)