House debates
Monday, 2 June 2008
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2007-2008; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2007-2008
Second Reading
4:09 pm
David Hawker (Wannon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
Not $150 million—$155 million. So Australia Post is now out there as a tax collector for this government. So, again, the poor old consumer is being hit with this underhand approach—a tax grab—to try and make sure that the Treasurer can say, ‘That’s not a tax that I actually authorised.’ Well, what is it if it is not?
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