QLD Shadow Minister for Main Roads and Transport and LNP Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson [pictured] writes:
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QLD Premier Anna Bligh’s new 9.2 cents/litre fuel tax will be a vicious blow to the state’s trucking industry and the communities they support.
The Queensland Trucking Association has estimated the price rise would cost truckers an additional $12,000 to $15,000 in fuel costs. The increase would be passed on directly to consumers.
Anna Bligh’s latest tax grab will hurt Queensland’s trucking industry and the pain will be felt throughout the whole state.
Households will struggle with an increased fuel bill, and tight budgets will be stretched even further when the cost of food, clothing and other goods rise to cover the truckers’ growing expenses.
It’s another broken promise from the Bligh Government who has proven they have no intention to keep their election promises.
Motorists and the trucking industry already carry a substantial tax burden which does not get reinvested into the state’s roads.
The trucking industry already has to endure substandard and dangerous roads under the Bligh Government.
They’re bearing the brunt of huge hikes in vehicle registrations and now everyone will be slapped with Labor’s new fuel tax.
Anna Bligh’s only solution for Queensland’s economy is to increase debt and push up taxes.
Queenslanders don’t have any reason to trust Labor’s election promises anymore – Anna Bligh has proven she’s happy to dump them as soon as they become an inconvenience for her Government.
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May 19, 2009 at 2:40 pm
<div>A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day the farmer drove up and said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died last night.”
Kenny replied: “Well then, just give me my money back.”
The farmer said: “Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.”
Kenny said: “OK then, just unload the donkey.”
The farmer asked: “What you gonna to do with him?”
Kenny: “I’m going to raffle him off.”
Farmer: “You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!”
Kenny: “Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.”
A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, “What happened with that dead donkey?”
Kenny: “I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars apiece and made a profit of $998.00.”
Farmer: “Didn’t anyone complain?”
Kenny: “Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his two dollars.”
Kenny grew up and eventually became the Premier of Queensland
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