Speeches
Appropriation Bills; Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 11 Jun 2010
Friday, 18 June 2010 08:53
Dr FLEGG (Moggill—LNP) (12.35 pm): If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. These are comments by a noted American educationalist and certainly have not been taken into account in the framing of this budget. The total spend on education is miserly, to say the least. Click here to read more.Federal Government's Mining Tax
Monday, 24 May 2010 13:08
May 19, 2010 Dr FLEGG (Moggill—LNP) (6.05 pm): The federal government taxed alcopops to reduce drinking.It heavily taxed tobacco to reduce smoking. But now it is seeking to convince us that by heavily taxing mining it will not discourage mining—the same sort of stupidity we have in the amendment from the government and the sell-out from the member for Mount Isa of her resource-rich electorate! Minerals and energy extraction account for 70 per cent of this nation’s export earnings. It underpins our national income and our standard of living. It is one of the key reasons, along with the financial prudence of the Howard government, that Australia entered the global financial crisis in such a powerful condition.More Articles...
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