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Julia已经驳回了减少NSW居民的洪灾特别税的请求。
NSW州长上周五表示将游说总理调整对NSW一次性税率,她说税率应该反映国内生活成本的差异。
Julia迅速驳回了这项建议,说税率应该在全国保持平等。
NSW反对党指责Keneally的伪善,说正是Keneally的政府应该对生活成本的压力负责,比如上升的电费。
“正是她的政府在过去5年使电费价格上涨了60%”。但对政府洪灾税征收的Baird说,“是她的政府监督了浪费在CBD地铁计划的5亿元"
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking- ... 20110128-1a88d.html
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed a call to lighten the flood levy for NSW residents in view of their struggle to pay higher living costs.
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally on Friday said she would lobby the prime minister to have the one-off levy adjusted for her state, saying it should reflect the cost-of-living differences across the country.
Ms Gillard quickly shot down the suggestion, saying the levy would be applied equally across the country.
Under the one-off 12-month scheme, those on a taxable income of between $50,001 and $100,000 will pay a levy of 0.5 per cent. Those earning $100,000 or more will pay one per cent.
Most of the money from the levy, which comes into effect on July 1, will be funnelled to rebuild infrastructure in flood-ravaged areas of Queensland, though some will go to flooded areas of NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.
"We apply equally for people who earn similar incomes," Ms Gillard told reporters in Bendigo, Victoria, on Friday.
"So, whether you're in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, or anywhere else, if you're at the same income level, or in the same family circumstances, then you're treated the same."
In a move likely to strain relations with the prime minister, Ms Keneally said she would ask Ms Gillard to recalibrate the flood levy at a February 14 meeting of Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
"I would encourage the commonwealth in that calibration process to consider the differential impact on families in Sydney," she told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
"The commonwealth, before they lock this levy in stone, may do well to consider some fine tuning ... What we know is that mortgages are higher in NSW on average and other costs of living are higher than other capital cities like Adelaide and Perth."
Ms Keneally said that adjusting the levy would help working families in NSW, particularly those in western Sydney, who are "already feeling significant cost of living pressures".
"Families really are doing it tough ... Many in NSW have already given so much in charitable giving and will have to pay more through rising food and other costs as a result of the floods," she said.
The NSW opposition accused Ms Keneally of hypocrisy, saying it was her government that had been most responsible for cost-of-living pressures, such as rising electricity prices.
Opposition treasury spokesman Mike Baird accused the premier of vote-grabbing ahead of the March election.
"It is her government that, for the past five years, has overseen power price increases of 60 per cent," said Mr Baird, who opposes the federal levy.
"It is her government that has overseen $500 million wasted on the CBD Metro debacle. It is her government that has seen each household across the state impacted by up to $100 because of the mismanagement of the solar scheme.
"The final piece in this puzzle is the electricity debacle that we have seen in the past few weeks - (with) billions of dollars thrown away.
"She's out of touch. She is the one who has impacted families in the state." |
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