I have also received a form letter from Lyn Alison. I think it is important therefore,
in future letters
sent or as a follow up to each senator, to send a copy to the newspapers of your
choice and to make this
known to the senators.
Trudy
Murray, Glenn (Ex AS01) wrote:
> Rod, I'm sure you'll get the same form letter response that I (and I assume
> many others) received. Senator Andrew Murray didn't even have the decency
> to copy the text from the Word document into his email... he just attached
> the form letter, with "Dear" left blank at the top of the file!!!
>
> It seems that the response to mass public inquiry is automation, not a
> change of orientation!
>
> Glenn Murray
> Technical Writer
>
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> Subject: [recoznet2] GST & Indigenous groups
>
> Dear Democrats,
>
> Could you please update me on the compensation obtained by Senator Lees in
> her discussions with John Howard to ensure that indigenous people are not
> even further disadvantaged by the introduction of the GST?
>
> Many indigenous people live in particularly remote areas where the price of
> everyday items of clothing, blankets and the like are far more expensive
> than in other places. Of course such groups will not gain any benefit from
> the numerous "rural compensation" schemes that we see the government
> indulging in to ensure that farmers are not worse off.
>
> Indigenous people are also heavy users of various "services". Work
> associated with matters such as native title claims, social welfare
> provision, legal services and the like are generally undertaken with a high
> level of "sub contracting". These services will presumably now attract the
> full 10% GST, and will not be offset by "savings" in sales tax, because
> they are not currently attracting such a tax. Compliance costs are likely
> to add further to this problem, resulting in an overall service cost
> imposition of somewhere between 10 and 15%.
>
> Housing and general infrastructure provision also consumes a very
> substantial proportion of the annual Indigenous affairs budget, again
> because this is an area where indigenous peoiple are, as you know,
> massively disadvantaged. Some communities are now revising their plans for
> housing development, and anticipate that they will lose one house in every
> five as a result of the introduction of the GST.
>
> What "gains" has Senator Lees obtained to offset these loses? (has she
> obtained, for example, an appropriate increase in the ATSIC budget to help
> meet them? ) If the answer is "none", what realistic action are the
> Democrats planning to take to ensure that the most disadvantaged people in
> the Australian community do not suffer even further as a result of this
> tax.
>
> Rod Hagen
>
> Rod Hagen
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