AUSTRALIANS TAXED TO THE EDGE OF EXISTENCE

FOR every $1 the average Australian earns “he” pays 37 per cent income tax and 2 per cent Medicare levy, leaving “him” with 61 cents. He buys a litre of petrol with a 42 per cent tax plus 10 per cent GST leaving him with 23c, the Government taking 77c, of his $1. There are 125 taxes in Australia, 99 federal, 25 state and one local. Thundercliff