Re: Feds have not spent money extracted from motorists.

[Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au>]

Chris, you are kinder than yours truly.

It is subtle indeed, and it also happens to pre-date
the present conservative government.

So, the motorists the extra taxpayers of this country
are entitled to ask, why the AGD did not bring this up
years ago.?

....Tell



>"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> I thought it was a little more subtle than that.  The Federal Transport
> Ministers' obligation was to notify Parliament as to what portion of the
> excise was applied/not applied to the national highway network (not just
> roads).  Failing notification the full excise amount was then meant to be
> spent on the national highway network.
> 
> The primary failure was not not spending the money on national highways but
> failing to notify Parliament.
> 
> Of course that will be deemed irrelevant by motoring organisations, Labor
> (ironic they should also be complicit) and the media who all smell blood, they
> will demand that the second failure be rectified and the money be spent on
> highways.  They'll ignore rectifying the 1st failure as allocating the excise
> elsewhere (the Govts prerogative)  and correctly notifying Parliament (the
> Govts 1st obligation) doesn't suit their agenda.
> 
> Chris
> 
> Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> vol78tse6ut6ncu515fs807n5ck8apg61b@4ax.com">news:vol78tse6ut6ncu515fs807n5ck8apg61b@4ax.com...
> > It had to happen, ...after all, this an election year.
> >
> > Any guesses that a "labor" section of the Federal
> > Public Service helped to drop this one on the agenda.
> > We now find, thanks to a slack-arse Federal Auditor
> > General Department, that BILLIONS of dollars extracted
> > from motorists under an ACT OF PARLIAMENT has not been
> > allocated to roads.
> >
> > The extra TAXES on fuel at the pump were supposed to go
> > to improving the roads, YES, I am aware that the
> > TRUCKIES will benefit.
> >
> > Keep in mind, these extra taxes were for roads NOT for
> > railways.!
> >
> > Heh heh, this latest "bombshell" as described by our
> > dipshit media just happen to come up before the WA
> > State election tomorrow.
> >
> > ....Tell
>