Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Adjournment

Land tax

Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (19:00): (701) My issue tonight is for the Treasurer, and it is about land tax. It is very simple. I say to the Treasurer: lower land tax; you are destroying the state. Here is a bill from a block of land in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs: 2022 land tax assessment; the bill, $3015. Same block of land, unimproved: $38,302 just one year later. In 2024 the land tax assessment notice is $83,192 for the same block of land. This is highway robbery. At least Ned Kelly had the decency to wear a mask when he was robbing you, unlike you thieves opposite.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I remind the member for Bulleen to talk through the Chair and not reflect on the Chair.