While the ATA acknowledges that media diversity, fair compensation, and a healthy domestic news ecosphere are worthy objectives, the Bill will undermine each one of these principles at potentially great cost to hardworking tax-paying Australian businesses and news consumers who rely on the digital services provided to them for free by digital platforms like Facebook and Google that are effectively singled out by the Bill.
Read MoreWe are incredibly proud of the goals we've achieved in 2020. The ATA saw unprecedented growth and more policy wins than expected. However, we are well aware of the dire situation in our nation and people's ongoing suffering.
Read MoreTransfusing the blood plasma of those who have recovered from Covid-19, called convalescent plasma, appears to help against the novel coronavirus. Multiple trials are now underway around the world, with the U.S. Government supporting a national program to collect and provide convalescent plasma to patients in need across the country.
Read MoreHemp use has a long history in Australia, right back to colonisation. Hemp and cannabis cigarettes were very accessible until the late 1800s, helping with asthma, the flu, and other maladies. Australia then signed the 1925 Geneva Convention on Opium and Other Drugs, and this saw cannabis restricted for medicinal and scientific purposes only. Cannabis was rendered illegal in 1938. This was spurred on by the New Drug that Maddens Victims campaign, which painted marijuana as a drug that makes people go sex crazy.
Read MoreMuch has changed quickly in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving policymakers a unique opportunity to reconstruct our revenue stream and regulatory code. Australia is entering a recession for the first time in decades. The virus has trapped Australians in their homes and left them without work. As a result, the federal government has passed the largest stimulus package Australia has ever seen. Right now, the Australian people, and the government alike, cannot afford any waste caused by inefficiency in either the tax system or the regulatory code.
Read MoreCommunity grants have led to both government waste and corruption as politicians use taxpayer funds for personal and campaign ends. Two Sports Ministers have been forced to resign due to breaches in the ministerial code of conduct surrounding the distribution of community sports grants.
Read MoreBased on ABS Data the mean pension for Australians between the ages of 55 and 64 in 2017-18 was $241,000 for women and $332,700 for men, and according to the Retirement Income Review, the median superannuation balances between the ages of 60 and 64 are $122,848 for women and $154,453 for men for the year 2016-17.
Read MoreAs such, this submission will focus not on any specific notion of nationhood and national identity, but of general principles which uphold concepts of concern and value to our supporters and to taxpaying Australians more broadly…
Read MoreThe ATA opposes restrictions on the use of cash transactions as we support every Australian’s freedom of choice in how to conduct transactions involving their own money, oppose the provision of unearned business to banks and financial service companies which will…
Read MoreAt the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance we strive to give a voice to the millions of Australians quietly going about their lives and paying their taxes. It is our job to stand between the greedy hands of government and the money Australians work so hard to earn. This is what 2019 looked like for us.
Read MoreThe ATA supports the legalisation of nuclear power generation in Australia within an appropriate regulatory framework based on international best practice that ensures the safe disposal of waste, the safe operation of reactors, the mitigation of any negative environmental impacts, the cost-efficient generation of energy, and a private investment-driven sector with the necessary conditions needed to mitigate sovereign risk and the need for corporate welfare or subsidy.
Read MoreToday, we launched our letter, undersigned by an international coalition of 46 organisations that represents hundreds of millions of people from 27 countries, strongly condemning recent authoritarian actions by the Administration of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in exerting control over Hong Kong and threatening both the freedoms of its citizens and its economic stability.
Read MoreThe ATA welcomes a Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry in light of the $8.5 billion in revenue that Australian taxpayers have contributed for the health of the river system. The ATA is concerned that this exorbitant and substantial expenditure has not delivered adequate environmental or economic returns and has failed to meet the purported objectives of the laws that govern Australia’s water management.
Read MoreThe ATA is concerned with defamation laws both as a result of high-level considerations about the impact of defamation laws on individual freedom — particularly the freedom of speech — and from a real world perspective…
Read MoreWhile ATA and MC recognise the need for appropriate controls in the interest of protecting individuals and the community, it is submitted that this principle does not justify undue restrictions on informed adult citizens in the name of securing their ‘own good’.
Read MoreThe ATA recognises the public health threat posed by smoking and supports evidence-based public health policy which encourages smoking cessation and/or reduces smoking-related health harms.
Read MoreIf enacted, the Bill may also impose an unworkably complex burden on businesses and discourage tech entrepreneurship and investment in Australia. The ATA is also concerned that the Bill may encourage over-reach by law enforcement and allow access to information without a warrant by foreign law enforcement agencies.
Read MoreThe ATA and MC recommend that Health Canada consider the above-mentioned evidence from Australia by comparison to other nations and decline to pass the contemplated plain packaging regulations.
Read MoreCheap and reliable electricity supply is an essential component of any industrialised nation’s prosperity and growth. Electricity is the driving force behind technological innovation and an essential input of production in most goods and services. It is vital to ensuring that products are supplied efficiently at affordable prices for Australian families, businesses, and workers.
Read MoreFor these reasons, our submission will follow the terms of inquiry and deal especially with the proposed sugar tax policy which we believe will harm businesses, hurt consumers, especially those of low socio-economic status, and is unlikely to achieve a material impact on public health which could justify its adverse impacts.
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