Good on you Tezza

It's got nothing to do with politics, its about wether or not we can afford to continue travelling once everyting we buy costs half again as much as it does now

Never let the truth interfere with a good story!

But an extra 5% on the yearly budget could have a dramatic effect on most peoples travelling ability

I agree leave the protesting to street level politics

If  the government wants to look at taxes then let them put a stop to scams like Chevron Aust ,an arm of the USA parent company, who for the past ten years have paid on average a mere $248.00 tax per year on their LNG Australian operations. When we consider that every litre of gas they extract goes overseas nothing to the OZ market we have been ripped off yet again .

On the original question just consider another 5% on everything you need to travel let alone live at home.    In effect you need to come up with 5% onto of what you spend now  .  They do say there will be compensation for those on the low income end but that remains to be seen .  It would be a good exercise to just  take note of what you spend today and in 12 months after any rise do it again    I do advise you sit down before you do the final calculation 

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I think we should start a partition , protesting against the federal government proposed increase to the GST.

Its the one tax that could really impact on the grey nomad budget. If we were to turn the combined power of the baby boomers against this Tax Im sure the government would re- think their strategy. At least until after the next election

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I'd like to start a partition, too. Something like the Hutt River Province ...

Ironically, the guy who is heading the tax "reform" debate is a multi-millionaire who stashes his wealth in a tax haven. Why is it always the working class that ends up carrying these parasites on their backs?