"We value the hard work put in by Mick Etheridge and others in our Country Chapter. Australia needs people on the ground advocating for the issues most impacting their communities,” said ATA Policy Director, Emilie Dye. “So many government abuses happen on the local and city levels.”
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers' Alliance (ATA), represented in the Dubbo region by Mick Etheridge who heads the ATA Country Chapter, is calling for the complete abandonment of a 12 per cent hike to compulsory superannuation.
Read More“After bushfires and the COVID-19 economic crisis, now is not the time to waste taxpayer dollars on building aesthetics. This kind of extravagant spending mocks the over half a million Australians who have lost their jobs and the many small businesses who will never turn their signs back to ‘open’.”
Read MoreOf all the arguments against a bypass for Dubbo, the one claiming that it will cause Dubbo to lose business seems the loudest. Is it really a valid criticism? Is Orange an example of a city whose economy has been affected negatively by adding a bypass? Orange Council recently released information showing that their economy is going from strength to strength
Read More"Taxpayers in NSW will be forced to shell out $140 million for a bridge that seven out of ten Dubbo residents (who responded to the council's survey) don't want," he said. "It is a bridge to nowhere; it won't improve traffic flow during a flood as the route and bridge are still in a flood zone.
Read MoreLOCAL businesses and individuals are being encouraged by Transport for NSW to complete a survey on the Coonabarabran Bypass, with project team members visiting the community.
Read MoreDubbo to become more dangerous, noisy & congested if the bridge is not relocated to a bypass!
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nations largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today recommended against giving the tourism industry-government handouts to make up for their lost profits during the China travel ban.
Read More"Unlike a traditional lobby group paid by corporations to support protectionistic policies, we stand up for the individual," said ATA Policy Director, Emilie Dye. "That is why we encourage people to reach out and share their concerns about government overreach and waste.”
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today questioned the need to spend $100 million of taxpayer funds on sports in light of recently revealed corruption.
“Money doesn’t buy everything, but it does buy power. The Morrison government has strategically used taxpayer funds to secure seats in key electorates.”
Read MoreMatt Kean, the NSW Environment Minister who recently declared bushfires were linked to climate change, has never fought a fire despite enrolling with the Rural Fire Service 3 years ago and posting numerous photos of himself in uniform across social media. The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest advocacy group representing taxpayers, called on Minister Kean to either get serious or get out of the Rural Fire Service.
Read More“There ain’t nothin’ gonna get in the way of farmers determined to water their fields and feed their livestock. The Murray Darling Basin Plan is barricading farmers from available water during a drought. These hard-working Aussies deserve so much better and they are willing to fight to get it,” said ATA Policy Director, Emilie Dye.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today delivered rare praise for the Australian Taxation Office in light of its instruction that those affected by bushfires shouldn’t worry about doing their taxes but should instead focus on more immediate concerns.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today called for an investigation into corruption within the Murray Darling Basin Authority and condemned the Morrison government for spending $1billion in taxpayer dollars to subsidise farmers without addressing the actual causes of the drought.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today welcomed the coalition’s move to give drought stricken farmers a tax reprieve, but called on the government to fix the problem they started when they founded the Murray Darling Basin Authority in 2007 instead of relying on band aid solutions.
Read MoreAll too often the information spreading across social media and into reporting misleads users and is inaccurate or all-around fake. In response to this, fact-checkers and social media platforms have waged a somewhat ineffective crackdown on misinformation. Yet this misinformation has seeped into our government and has begun impacting a broad set of issues including the vaping debate, the drought facing Australian farmers, and even climate policy.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing all taxpayers, today called for reform to the zone tax offset and remote area tax concessions.
“Life in rural Australia does not resemble life in the city centers. Not only do people in rural areas face a harsher climate and a more isolated existence, the economies in these areas differ greatly from those in more populated areas.” Says ATA Communications Manager, Emilie Dye. Our tax code should recognize and offset these differences.”
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, the nation’s largest grassroots advocacy group representing taxpayers, today called for revision of the Murray Darling Basin Management Plan.
“While Scott Morrison made a valiant attempt to help drought stricken farmers, he is offering them a bandaid for a brain aneurysm.” Say ATA Communications Manager, Emilie Dye. “Farmers need water not government handouts.”
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance (ATA), a 75,000+ member national grassroots advocacy group representing the country’s taxpayers, today joined the Australia Institute in calling for a royal commission into the management of the Murray-Darling river basin after last night’s Four Corners program which revealed mismanagement of the irrigation grants scheme.
Experienced lobbyist Mick Etheridge said that Dubbo chapter of The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance aims to speak up about the local issues in the lead to the state and federal elections.
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