We today condemned the Morrison government's $500 million handout to Pacific island countries in the name of addressing climate change. "Handing out half a billion dollars in grants to small foreign governments is an unconscionable waste of hard-earned taxpayers' money."
Read MoreA domestic gas reservation policy like that of Western Australia might drive down prices, but it would come at the cost of jobs and investment in our resources sector.
Read MoreThe call comes after revelations that Anthony Albanese and several senior MPs claimed more than $114,000 in taxpayer-funded travel entitlements to attend the Australian Labor Party's national conference held in Adelaide in December 2018
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance (ATA) today condemned smear attacks by failed NSW Labor Premier and current Senator Kristina Keneally and Labor Senator Penny Wong on politicians and public figures who are attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference to be held in Sydney from Aug 9-11 and proudly supported by the ATA.
Read More“The Morrison government's proposed ban on cash payments for goods and services exceeding $10,000 AUD is an attack on individual liberty." said Satya Marar, ATA Director of Policy. "Government has no business controlling how we spend our money. They certainly have no problem spending hardworking taxpayers' money with little control by us.”
Read More$1.5 billion in taxpayers’ funds have been misused to purchase 450GL of water from farmers in the Murray Darling Basin. The move was announced by Federal Water Minister David Littleproud and comes on top of billions already spent to buy up 2,750GL for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder.
Read MoreA leaked draft of the National Alcohol Strategy has led silent ministers and health bureaucrats to call for the complete exclusion of industry stakeholders, despite the fact that any policy changes would affect jobs and industry.
Read MoreTaxpayers will lend $120 million to finance solar panels, light globes and insulation as emissions reduction measures for Curtin University’s new student lodgings
Read MoreHardworking Australians deserve greater say in planning for our retirement. Compulsory superannuation is a windfall for the unions despite their falling membership rates, and often means less financial security for workers in the long run as they miss out on the opportunity to save and invest in a home or invest in other assets.
Read MoreAllowing wealthy individuals who live in multi-million dollar palatial mansions to claim handouts funded by hardworking middle and working class taxpayers is an unconscionable rort that must end now if our pension system is to be sustainable in the decades to come.
Read MoreIn two years alone, Western Australia’s state politicians have racked up an exorbitant $1 million+ international travel bill, all paid for by ordinary taxpayers.
Read MoreThese draconian ideas are nothing more than an unjustified attack on responsible Australian adult drinkers and hardworking taxpaying businesses already doing it tough due to brutal sin taxes on alcohol and social engineering programs like NSW’s lockout laws
Read MoreWhile we thank Smith for his apparent generosity in wanting to donate $500,000 to the public purse, we wish that he would demonstrate this by donating the money himself and not by demanding tax hikes on other retirees.
Read MoreTaxpayers have poured billions into managing and restoring the Murray-Darling river basin and all we’ve received in return have been opaque, dubious decisions and millions lost in handouts. All while the nation’s farmers and rural communities struggle through water shortages.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, today released their submission to the NSW’s inquiry on Sydney’s night-time economy and called for the Berejiklian government to abolish Sydney’s lockout laws for good.
Read MoreWe thank the Greens for commissioning estimates which rubbish their claim that the third tranche of the government's tax cuts will primarily benefit the 'top-end of town'.
Read More71-nation York University studies find no evidence that the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has reduced smoking. Australian JCU study finds that plain packaging has been followed by reduced household tobacco expenditure, but an increase in quantity of tobacco consumed.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance today backed NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrotett’s push for fairer distribution of GST revenue, to ensure that hardworking NSW taxpayers get a fair go.
Read MoreIsland security contracts to deliver the best value for taxpayers, instead of Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s current plan to extend the 22-month $432 million refugee facility security contract currently in place with controversial contractor, Paladin Solutions. The current deal with Paladin Solutions is currently under Attorney General investigation after it was awarded without a tender process in 2017.
Read MoreThe Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance (ATA) has condemned newly minted WA Liberal Opposition leader Liza Harvey for reversing her predecessor Mike Nahan’s commitment to liberalise trading hours for hardworking WA businesses.
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