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Joe Hockey hung the Treasury boss Martin Parkinson out to dry today. Offered two opportunities to endorse him in the role he declined.
Pay. More. Tax. Or expect less - Parkinson
Simple? simple.
Australians will have to either pay more tax or expect poorer government services, the head of the Treasury has warned.
Dr Martin Parkinson told a post-budget function in Sydney the share of the economy devoted to tax had suffered its most dramatic slide since the 1950s.
Baby bonus. The needless, dangerous birth boom coming soon
"On Wednesday June 30, 2004 a total of 490 births were recorded.
On the next day, the first day of the baby bonus, the number of recorded births jumped to 978."
Every day it's a getting closer, more GST
Labor managed to have a tax review without talking about it. The Coalition has promised not to touch it in its first term.
Why Abbott will have to clean up Labor's super tax mess
Here's my advice, written before I knew he was thinking along similar lines.
Budget 2013-14. Will we hit the debt ceiling?
Probably. The next Treasurer will have to lift it.
Me on RN Drive, May 15, 2013
Budget 2013-14. Me on the radio, the morning after
Me on Life Matters, Wednesday May 15
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