Tuesday, 28 October 2025

 David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (12:52): My question is also for the Treasurer and it concerns land tax, which is having a very big effect on a number of my constituents. I particularly pick up Mr John Dikranis, a registered building practitioner who runs a firm, Protocon. He has five properties which have had massive land tax. He has had tough years in recent times since COVID and has fallen behind. He did have a payment arrangement with the State Revenue Office and he did fall behind in that payment arrangement. He has tried to contact his local MP Tim Richardson, and he has got properties across a number of local areas. The correspondence shows the SRO dismissing legal steps there, and I ask the Treasurer to ensure that the SRO works with businesses so that they are not pushed over the edge. The aim of these taxes must surely not be to kill these businesses.