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Ken Henry interrupts his holiday for more big taxes
Tue, 22 Jun 2010
Senator David Bushby, Coalition Economics Policy Committee Chairman, today queried the priorities of the Rudd Government and Treasury Secretary Ken Henry, in placing the Government’s taxing and spending approach... Read more »
Franklin's Julie Collins can't explain how the mine tax will work in an embarrassing doorstop interview this morning
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Liberal Senator for Tasmania, David Bushby, today said Labor Federal Member for Franklin, Julie Collins, showed how incapable she was of understanding even the basics of a policy which would hit business and investment... Read more »
Labor's white elephant Superclinic
Sun, 13 Jun 2010
“The failure of the Rudd Labor Government to deliver the ill-conceived GP Superclinics again highlights how this Government is big on promises but doesn’t have the skills to oversee the delivery of its... Read more »
Super Funds advertising campaign in support of the resource super profits tax unlikely to be permitted by APRA
Fri, 11 Jun 2010
Following questioning at Budget Estimates by Senator David Bushby, Chairman of the Coalition Economics Committee, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) stated that any superannuation advertising... Read more »
ACCC looking at potential TPA breaches in BER rorts
Fri, 4 Jun 2010
This week, under questioning by Liberal Senator for Tasmania, David Bushby, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) acknowledged that it is aware of reports of conduct in the delivery of contracts... Read more »
Senate Forces Henry to Appear to Explain New Super Tax
Thu, 13 May 2010
The Senate has today voted that the Secretary of the Treasury, Dr Ken Henry, appear before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee sometime before June 30 to explain the new Super Tax on Australia’s mining... Read more »
Retirement Savings Slashed by Kevin Rudd's Tax on Mining
Mon, 10 May 2010
The retirement savings of self-funded retirees have been struck down by Kevin Rudd’s great big new tax on mining with billions of dollars wiped off the value of their superannuation.
Senator David Bushby,... Read more »
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