Jim Chalmers has suggested businesses should justify price
increases.
The government should justify why they take our money from
us and spend it on what they call “essential services” – including a large and
expensive bureaucracy.
The government should have an open zero-based budget approach in annual expenditure planning, justifying every dollar spent. Explaining their
revenue-raising plan to fund the expenditure – including revenue raised from
bracket creep.
It is the “peoples” money the government takes and spends or
re-distributes. We are owed a clear and transparent rationale for all taxes and
spending – not obfuscation and political doublespeak.
Take a walk through a beautiful garden and be amazed
by the natural beauty? I recently had the pleasure of doing just that, while on
a walk with two mentees for MentorWalks Australia in the Sydney Botanic
Gardens.
The garden was truly awe-inspiring, with the rain,
sunshine and clever garden care coming together to create a picturesque
landscape. It was a great reminder of the beauty of nature and the wonders that
it can create.
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Not a new idea - to charge households for their excess solar-generated electricity - but controversial. The Sun tax concept is getting closer, but not much clearer, as networks outline their plans.Ausgrid will introduce opt-in export pricing for households in July 2024 including both a charge component and reward component, depending on the time of day.Essential Energy's solar tariff is a combination of its existing Sun Soaker
tariff plus an export price and rebate.Endeavour is proposing a similar scheme but stretched out to 2029.The good news - all the schemes will encourage batteries installation.https://reneweconomy.com.au/sun-tax-gets-closer-but-not-much-clearer-as-networks-outline-solar-export-tariff-plans/
