Tony Newbury, Chief Commissioner of the NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) responded to an email from me about yesterday’s post with news that he’s retiring in July.
As ‘chief antagonist’ of Land Tax Forum, I have often taken aim at the OSR since it is primarily its role to collect State taxes, so I was anxious to wish Mr Newbury well. Continue reading “Farewell Tony Newbury”
Month: May 2015
Open letter to the Members of the NSW Parliament
Thousands of tenants and families in NSW rely on rental housing which is imperilled by the NSW Government’s State Land Tax policies which adversely affect the economic viability of rental housing stock in the state. I wrote to NSW Parliament members to ask why.
Continue reading “Open letter to the Members of the NSW Parliament”
State Land Tax vs privately-owned rental apartments
I believe this short video sums up exactly how NSW State Land Tax deals with Exclusively Rental Apartment Buildings If Privately Owned (ERABPO).
No prize for picking which which represents State Land Tax and which is its victim.
Everything changes, nothing alters
A Roman election manifesto
“The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.”
Cicero, 55 BC
Ring any bells?