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Jan 27^th, 2011 at 12:16pm

Levy to help pay for flood recovery
Flood victims and low-income earners will be exempt from a one-off levy to help meet the $5 billion cost of paying for this summer's devastating floods, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has confirmed.

Speaking at the National Press Club this lunchtime, Ms Gillard said said a levy of 0.5 per cent would be applied from July 1 on taxable income between $50,001 and $100,000, and 1 per cent on income above $100,000.

Anyone earning under $50,000 a year will be exempt, as will those receiving emergency

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vegitamite Ex Member	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #1 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 12:21pm Fine with me - tell Joe hockey from the unfair go party that I'll pay his just to shut him up.
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FRED. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3698	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #2 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 12:31pm Quote: Fine with me - tell Joe hockey from the unfair go party that I'll pay his just to shut him up. You wont have to under 50k is exempt
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Reply #3 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 3:10pm

FRED. wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 12:31pm:

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Fine with me - tell Joe hockey from the unfair go party that I'll pay his just to shut him up.

You wont have to under 50k is exempt Wink

wouldnt it be nice to shut whingeing veg up .. she never fails to bring up the Libs...havent noticed her bragging about the fungus that proclaimed the floods were all due to Climate Change..so basically it serves them right..creep.

put you hand up veg and tell them you are in the income where you wont have to pay... and you insist on paying double..lol..

it will be a bit like putting their hands up to board a boat family for free.and pay all their expenses... it wont happen.

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Reply #4 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 3:19pm

Putting things into perspective ...

If you earn under $50,000 pa

You will pay

NOTHING

If you earn $60,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

NINETY-SIX CENTS a week

If you earn $80,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

TWO DOLLARS and EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS a week

If you sufferd flood damage - you pay

NOTHING

- regardless of income

OH, THE HORROR ...
The SUFFERING

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2011/01/27/1225995/429057-aus-file-floodlevy....

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40709 Gender:	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #5 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:03pm It's a nobrainer idea. To get the infrastructure back up and working, the option is to borrow it, cut other outgoings or raise it. The important thing is, rebuild the infrastructure ASAP. When in trouble, buy yourself out of that situation.
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Reply #6 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:29pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 3:19pm:

Putting things into perspective ...

If you earn under $50,000 pa

You will pay

NOTHING

If you earn $60,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

NINETY-SIX CENTS a week

If you earn $80,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

TWO DOLLARS and EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS a week

If you sufferd flood damage - you pay

NOTHING

- regardless of income

OH, THE HORROR ...
The SUFFERING

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2011/01/27/1225995/429057-aus-file-floodlevy....

we know we are not stupid!!!

tell veg that Hockey will be paying 1% that will put a smile on her face..

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Reply #7 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:32pm

Member for Blair, Shayne Neumann, whose electorate takes in Ipswich where 3000 properties were affected by flooding, said he was furious Mr Abbott was opposing the flood levy.

"Mr Abbott obviously is Margaret Thatcher's love child," he said.

"She famously said there was 'no such thing as society, only families and individuals'.

"Tony Abbott should come to my electorate where there's a great communitarian spirit and great passion for volunteerism.

"Mr Abbott obviously thinks Queensland is not part of the federation."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/julia-gillard-to-announce-10b-in-cuts-and-a-flo...

Well YOU can have the Liberals then cods...but you will NOT shut me up. Why, because far better lives would be had if the common good was more important than complete self interest !

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Reply #8 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:40pm

cods wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:29pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 3:19pm:

Putting things into perspective ...

If you earn under $50,000 pa

You will pay

NOTHING

If you earn $60,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

NINETY-SIX CENTS a week

If you earn $80,000 pa

You will pay a levy of

TWO DOLLARS and EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS a week

If you sufferd flood damage - you pay

NOTHING

- regardless of income

OH, THE HORROR ...
The SUFFERING

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2011/01/27/1225995/429057-aus-file-floodlevy....

we know we are not stupid!!!

tell veg that Hockey will be paying 1% that will put a smile on her face..

It'll cost Tight-arse Joe a bit over Ten bucks a week
(2 pies and a large chips at the Parliament House cafe)

It'll cost Julia MORE

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Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.'

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Reply #9 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:41pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:03pm:

It's a nobrainer idea.
To get the infrastructure back up and working, the option is to borrow it, cut other outgoings or raise it.

The important thing is, rebuild the infrastructure ASAP.
When in trouble, buy yourself out of that situation.

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yes but like I say its easy peasy isnt it... bung on a levy for a disaster.. we live in a sunburnt country girt by sea.. we are a sitting duck for disasters..why dont they have funds for these emergencies????>..

we found half a billion for schools in Indonesia not long ago we found $43 bill for the NBN..

why havent we got $5billion for this emergency??

seems to me our govts are letting us down.. this isnt something we havent seen before.floods, fires are all part of the nature of this country...
Orange has a small earth tremor..Newcastle had a big earth tremor..we are not immune to this sort of calamity..

for goodness sake we called it saving for a rainy day... havent govts heard of that????how about getting the $4.5.billion back from rudd for a start

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vegitamite Ex Member	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #10 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:46pm Isn't it in the best interests of ALL Australians for Queensland to get up and running again?
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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14169 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #11 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:50pm Quote: Isn't it in the best interests of ALL Australians for Queensland to get up and running again? NO Not for the Libeal/National Party
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Reply #12 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:56pm

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Isn't it in the best interests of ALL Australians for Queensland to get up and running again?

thats ok veg I kn ow its the Libs fault.. but tell me ... why havent we any money in the treasury to pay $5 measly billion... I remember well that 3 or 4 billion is meaningless to Labor.in fact it was more 20bill I believe it was..but why split hairs..

lets not remember all the millions down the drain.. what the!!!!

no its all the Libs fault we know and understand your conscience..

the govt can waste money left right and centre just as long as its a Labor govt.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #13 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 4:58pm Quote: Isn't it in the best interests of ALL Australians for Queensland to get up and running again? btw veg I am almost sure their were no Lib or CP voters cought in this disaster..so dont worry what donation you might have made wont end up in the wrong pockets.
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whatsforme Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 573	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #14 - Jan 27^th, 2011 at 5:01pm Isn't it funny that the ones that won't be paying it are the ones all for it. Think Buzz, vegetable etc.
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