Senate debates Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006
In Committee
Andrew Murray WA, Australian Democrats
10:56 pm
The Democrats oppose schedule 2 in the following terms:
(11) Schedule 2, item 27, page 41 (line 21) to page 43 (line 6), TO BE OPPOSED.
The Democrats oppose the proposed indexation of thresholds, which is in the bill. The Democrats are supporters of indexation in many cases, including, I might say, the indexation of the tax-free threshold, which the coalition oppose. But, since we oppose the threshold itself, it would be odd for us to support the indexation, so we therefore oppose this provision.
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