taxes Archive

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  Petrol sales - by frog

  
  
  
  I just heard on Morning Report that petrol sales by volume were up 2% in the last year.  But wait, wasn’t the Government just saying transport didn’t immediately need to be in the Emissions Trading Scheme because higher petrol prices were reducing consumption, and thus reducing the need for transport to be covered by the [...] read more
  June 10, 2008 9:40 am - 27 Comments
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  Oil US$118 per barrel - by frog

  
  
  
  Petrol prices are going up so, rather than responding as the market says we should by buying less petrol and finding an alternative, we have the petrol burning lobby asking for government intervention. Gaah! Interestingly the same debate is occurring in the US where a totally different government with a somewhat more brutal approach to [...] read more
  April 24, 2008 9:46 am - 43 Comments
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  62,000 jobs or trade with China - by frog

  
  
  
  The latest statistics from our Overseas Merchandise Trade show that last year we exported $2.0 billion dollars worth of stuff to China. But we imported $5.6 billion dollars worth of stuff. That’s a total trade deficit of $3.6 billion with China alone (our trade deficit with the rest of the world tells a similar story) [...] read more
  March 24, 2008 1:19 pm - 28 Comments