Increased Pay For Forces From Government Plan
Government approves over seven hundred twenty million currency increase for forces. ALP members, RAAF, navy, and allied units in Australia and overseas receive higher active pay and extended allowances. Wives and dependants gain increased allowances. deferred pay and overseas service credits modified. Overall annual cost about 7 million with adjustments to deferred pay and allowances yielding broader support for service families.
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Invalid and Old Age Pensions Reforms Proposed
Government proposals aim to increase invalid and old age pensions and extend benefits to Aboriginal Australians. Service pensions rise to 33/6 for a single and 18/ for a wife, with further adjustments for married couples. Estimated annual cost reaches £1.77 million, with broader fiscal implications and potential changes to income tax on higher earners.
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Tax changes proposed to raise income revenue
The proposal outlines higher tax on individual incomes up to £1500 with gradual rate increases beyond. It also covers combining wife and husband incomes for taxation, removal of certain exemptions, taxing dividends from outside Australia, and a commission to address double taxation. Anticipated revenue rises total £2,000,000 this year and £34,000,000 in the full year 1943-44.
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Wartime Company Tax Proposals For Revenue Increases
Government outlines amendments to Wartime Company Tax with a lower statutory base and stepped rate increases up to a maximum. Proposals also raise estate, gift, and sales taxes, plus higher port and telephone charges. Estimated revenue rises to £185,637,000 for 1941-42, funding war expenditures.
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Smelters Restive as Threat of Strike Looms at Port Kembla
In Sydney and Port Kembla workers at Smelting Co. and Electrolytic Smelting Ltd. threaten to strike amid past walkouts and renewed union demands. Officials report possible action by about two thousand employees if union rights are not upheld, following a previous stoppage ten weeks ago. The federal secretary of the Workers' Union indicated a meeting may lead to a wave of actions unless workers’ rights are guaranteed.
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