Mixed reaction at Albany's State Budget Breakfast
Local business people, shire representatives and senior public servants from across the region gathered in Albany to listen to Health Minister and Attorney General Jim McGinty sell the State Budget.
View ArticleGrowth Prospects
The collapse of Australia's two biggest managed investment schemes last year has had a devastating impact on the Great Southern region of Western Australia and its 60,000 hectares of blue-gum...
View ArticleWA drivers join Convoy of No Confidence
A truck convoy calling for a new election over the carbon tax has begun converging on Canberra.
View ArticleCrook proposes GST floor to boost WA's revenue
The WA Nationals MP Tony Crook has introduced a motion in Federal Parliament which he says would give WA a fairer share of GST revenues.
View ArticleTax plans fuel farm fears
The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of Western Australia says the Federal Government's proposed diesel fuel tax will have a big impact on farmers and people living in regional WA.
View ArticleUnion airs mining tax support
The union representing mining workers is today launching a small advertising campaign in support of the Federal Government's resources tax.
View ArticleHorizon offers carbon tax regional assurance
Horizon Power says, despite Sunday's rise in electricity costs due to the carbon tax, the new tax will not cost more in regional areas than in the city.
View ArticleCarbon price tipped to impact rates decisions
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFF) says the economic future of farmers is unclear, given the unknown influences of carbon pricing and future interest rate decisions.
View ArticleBarnett warns Swan to back off over royalties
The West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has hit back at the Federal Government's latest threat to stop the states from raising mining royalties.
View ArticleFederal budget not convincing says WA Premier
Colin Barnett sees a GST squeeze as the biggest constraint on the state's development
View ArticleWAFF airs meat import worries
The amount of money Australia spends importing meat has reached record levels, prompting calls for tax relief and increased consumer education.
View ArticlePetition fights school fees plan for 457 visa holders
A group of foreign workers is circulating a petition against plans to charge 457 visa holders a fee for sending their children to state schools.
View ArticleCarbon tax axing tipped to help keep farmers 'profitable'
The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of WA says the abolition of the carbon tax will improve the competitiveness of Australian producers in the international market.
View ArticleWA Premier Colin Barnett defends MP's criticism of GST share, rejects Joe...
Premier Colin Barnett labels the federal Treasurer's scalding attack on his leadership as "unfortunate" and "wrong".
View ArticleCongestion tax plan to hit drivers and fund infrastructure projects
The WA Government plans to introduce a congestion tax on drivers as part of revenue raising measures to help pay for new infrastructure projects. It is understood the tax will be added to vehicle...
View ArticleProposed WA vehicle tax a 'blunt instrument' for easing congestion, urban...
Premier Colin Barnett's flagged new vehicle tax would be a "blunt instrument" for easing congestion, according to an urban development group.
View ArticleMotoring tax a cash grab and will unfairly penalise regional areas, farmers say
The proposed motoring tax in WA is a cash grab that will unfairly penalise regional areas, say farming groups.
View ArticleChamber of Commerce and Industry calls for taxation changes so manufacturers...
The WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry says changes should be made to taxation so local manufacturers can be internationally competitive.
View ArticlePremier rejects flat fee proposed for mining royalties, as suggested by...
Premier Colin Barnett rejects a proposal from Brendon Grylls to introduce a flat fee for mining royalties in response to the impact of falling iron prices.
View ArticleWA Premier hoping for compensatory measures with no changes to GST
WA's Premier Colin Barnett is pinning his hopes on compensatory measures from the Commonwealth with no changes to the GST in the short term.
View ArticleBudget 2015: AMWU slams move to exclude FIFOs from zone tax offset as attack...
The removal of a tax concession in the federal budget for fly-in, fly-out workers is criticised by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union as an attack on FIFOs.
View ArticleFormer backpackers struck by Cupid's arrow fear romance will suffer with tax...
Former backpackers fear the opportunity for travellers to possibly fall in love while working in regional Australia may disappear with a proposed tax hike.
View ArticleWest Australian Liberal backbencher reluctant to fight election campaign on GST
Member for O'Connor Rick Wilson says Liberals will be reluctant to take "political pain" without prior GST agreement from States.
View ArticleBackpacker tax backlash may spark regional boycott against campaigning...
Federal politicians on the campaign trail may be boycotted in country communities in an unusual campaign against a tax on backpackers.
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