GST
SO Tasmania is to be guaranteed GST revenue by transferring revenue from the ‘budget bottom line’ to ‘increase the size of the pie’.
Without increasing taxes and without other effects?
This budget compromise is only possible by reducing general purpose and tied grants to the states, which will reduce the provision of services.
Giving with one hand and taking with the other is not a solution and Tasmania is in for a difficult time.
Open letter to the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, and the Council of the University of Tasmania.
Dear Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and Members of Council,
As you watch and re-watch the video footage of the catastrophic floods and the aftermath in and around Hobart, and as you are forced to address the problems and the very real risk to life arising from the flood events at the Sandy Bay campus of the University of Tasmania, including the dramatic rescue of the security officer trapped in a room with the rising waters, consider the implications should, and when, such events occur at Inveresk, Launceston.
After you review the footage of water flowing down a long hallway where people are still present, of ruined Law Library books washed out onto the grass, of the height reached by flood water and the resulting damage to computers in the Engineering department and the emotional responses of staff and students, and after you clean up and prepare to assess the damage and costs, it is incumbent upon you to thoroughly examine the following serious matters in relation to the University’s Northern campus.
The flood catastrophe in Hobart and the flooding and damage at the Sandy Bay Campus have been described as unprecedented. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Basil Fitch, Launceston 14 May 2018
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