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Neil Breen hits out at state government over ’embarrassing’ land tax saga

Gary Hardgrave
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Neil Breen says a controversial Queensland land tax scheme which was dumped today has been an “embarrassing” saga for the state.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has scrapped a plan for multi-jurisdictional land tax which would have seen thousands stung twice.

After weeks of discussions about the plan to use the total value of a property owner’s nationwide portfolio to calculate land tax, Ms Palaszczuk today killed off the proposal.

It came after other state leaders refused to hand over the data from their citizens required to facilitate the tax.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet was the first to move against the idea and it has now emerged he was asked to hand over property data before other premiers were consulted.

“Our government had not even bothered to pick up the phone to Victoria, or Western Australia, or Tasmania, or the Northern Territory to ask them ‘Hey, if we brought this land tax in would you help us with … the ownership data we need?’,” Neil Breen said.

“Then today of course, when the Premier was under the pump about it, she had to make some sort of juvenile State of Origin quip about it!

“The whole sorry saga has been embarrassing.”

Press PLAY below to hear Neil Breen’s thoughts on the failed scheme

Nine News reporter Tim Arvier says it’s “a humiliating back down” for Treasurer Cameron Dick, who spearheaded the tax.

“I think what’s happened here is the real estate lobby has scared the government and they’ve been scared of an ongoing campaign from the media,” Mr Arvier told Neil Breen.

Press PLAY below to hear why the land tax backflip is “humiliating” for Cameron Dick

Gary Hardgrave
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