Mining Tax

It was one of the most outrageous conflicts of interest we have ever seen in parliament. Earlier today coal mining billionaire Clive Palmer instructed his Palmer United Political Party Senators to vote to abolish the mining tax, after doing a deal with Tony Abbott that also involved cutting superannuation benefits for ordinary Australians. These changes were rammed through the Senate with no scrutiny or debate. Please share this with your friends and family - this is what Clive Palmer and Tony Abbott have joined forces to get done. We could be raising billions more in revenue from a tax on the big profits of big miners, but instead the Palmer United Party has joined with Tony Abbott to abolish the mining tax altogether. Now the people most able to contribute will pay nothing, while the cost of Abbott's brutal budget will be paid by those who can least afford it instead.    The Abbott government is making a cash-grab on the retirement savings of one in three workers, to the value of around $27,000, or about 15% of what was their expected retirement savings. By forcing this through parliament so quickly, they're hoping nobody will notice their attack on your retirement savings. Please, don't let them get away with it - tell your friends and family by sharing this post with them. Those least able to afford any further expense will once again be told to carry the burden. Clive Palmer has no interest in helping families or working Australians. He has used the federal parliament to help abolish the tax which was about getting Australians a fair share from our mineral wealth, and he's letting Tony Abbott reach into your pocket at the same time.