Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the House:

(1)

condemns the Rudd-Gillard Government for:

(a)

reducing funding for Tourism Australia at a time when the high Australian dollar is putting pressure on local tourism operators; and

(b)

increasing business costs for local tourism operators through:

(i)

higher tourism taxes;

(ii)

the bungled award modernisation; and

(iii)

additional superannuation guarantee payments which will be entirely funded by employers; and

(2)

calls on the Rudd-Gillard Government to match the Coalition’s commitment to increase tourism funding by $100 million to:

(a)

focus on high-yielding business events tourists;

(b)

build stronger research foundations;

(c)

encourage tourism infrastructure and product development; and

(d)

boost domestic tourism marketing.

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