Community pressure, with support from The Nationals, has forced the Andrews Labor Government to exclude JobKeeper payments from Victorian payroll tax and WorkCover premiums. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said it never should have been on the table for the State Government to try and tax Federal JobKeeper payments.…
Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is calling for the Federal Government’s $1500-a-fortnight JobKeeper payments to be exempt from Victoria’s payroll tax. The unprecedented package from the Federal Government is a boost for the small businesses and workers most hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. But Mr Walsh said without changes to existing Victorian law,…
24th May 2017 Debate resumed. Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make a contribution on the State Taxation Acts Amendment Bill 2017. I note with interest that the member for Thomastown was talking about liars. Well the biggest liar of all in this house when it comes to taxation is actually the Premier. On the…
3 May 2016 Second reading Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make a contribution on the Appropriation (2016–2017) Bill 2016. The way I would couch this budget is as the budget of broken promises. The Premier was on the record unequivocally saying there would be no new taxes and no new tax increases under his…
Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to join the debate on the State Taxation Acts Amendment Bill 20I 5. I listened with interest to the contribution of the member for Macedon who talked about the finest and the bestlegislation. 1 point out to the member that merely reading the guidelines into Hansard does not…
