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The Cost of Clawing Back NDIS Fraud

At the February Senate Estimates I asked the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) how much money has the NDIA been able to claw back through identified National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) fraud? Funding across 16 agencies, including the NDIA, of $140 million over four years was provided in 2022 to tackle fraud. Those agencies are […]

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Bracket Creep is a Stealth Tax

Both Labor and the Coalition voted to collect billions of extra income tax dollars because they need more money. Yet foreign multinational corporations in Australia are paying little or no company tax. Bracket creep is a secret tax that means government makes money out of inflation. The government is not indexing the tax brackets to […]

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Immigration Levels Still Too High

Cheaper rents, cheaper houses and a lower cost of living are all possible, but not with the current immigration levels. There were 518,000 net overseas immigrants last financial year. 2.76 million visa holders are in the country and more are coming with immigration rates accelerating in the second half of last year. Our country simply […]

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One Nation Opposes Labor’s New Car Tax

This Labor Government is promising cost of living relief and tax cuts while it’s actually increasing taxes. Already, this government wants to tax farmers off the land to make way for “FrankenFoods” — fake lab meat and bug protein. Recently Labor announced plans to tax clothing in the name of saving the environment. Labor now […]

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ACCC Needs More Power Against Foreign Predatory Billionaires

I’m concerned about the increasing influence of large, predatory merchant banks on the Australian economy. You’ve heard the names mentioned — Blackrock, First State, State Street, Vanguard and Norges. While their shareholdings may be small, typically 5 – 8% each, when they act together these shareholdings amount to a controlling interest over targeted industries. These […]