Politics & Council
12 March, 2024
Land tax change hits locals for first time, says Walsh
MURRAY Plains electorate voters will be forced to pay land tax for the first time, MP Peter Walsh told State Parliament on Tuesday. The Nationals leader said Treasurer Tim Pallas had to “explain, let alone justify” radical and punitive changes...
MURRAY Plains electorate voters will be forced to pay land tax for the first time, MP Peter Walsh told State Parliament on Tuesday.
The Nationals leader said Treasurer Tim Pallas had to “explain, let alone justify” radical and punitive changes to the state’s land tax charges.
He asked Mr Pallas why the Government had changed the criteria to force thousands ”of Murray plains constituents to pay a land tax for the first time”.
“Like my constituents, I look forward to seeing how the Treasurer will justify this latest blatant tax grab.
“Labor’s decision to slash the tax-free threshold from $300,000 to $50,000, while also slapping an additional flat tax up to $975 on Victorian households is daylight robbery,” Mr Walsh said.
“Treasurer Tim Pallas has tried to soften the blow by claiming his land tax hike will cost the average Victorian household an additional $1300 every year – but we are hearing reports of much greater damage to the bottom lines of ordinary Victorians trying to get ahead,” he says.
“These changes will punish and divide homeowners and renters across Victoria and is just the latest of many examples of Labor punishing Victorians for its own economic mismanagement,” Mr Walsh said.