Motorists hits by secret fees

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25663373-29277,00.html

IT has been revealed the NSW Government has introduced secret fee rises of up to
10 per cent on a range of RTA licence and number plate transactions despite
promising no new tax increases in Tuesday's budget.

The Daily Telegraph says the tax hike, discovered in Friday's government
gazette, was introduced three days after the Budget.

It says the greatest slug will be on motorists seeking to transfer
registrations, who will be hit with fees rising by almost $400.

Personalised or prestige number plates in some cases will rise by up to $40.

But disabled motorists have also been hit with a six per cent price increase for
disabled parking permits from $33 to $35.

Many of the fee increases, while seemingly small in dollar terms, are two and
three times the annual rate of inflation and unjustified, according to the NSW
Opposition.

"The Rees Government promised no tax increases in the budget, so not only is
this desperate tax grab a broken promise, it hits the most vulnerable in our
community," Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell said.

"With the budget deep in deficit, Labor is looking for any way to mask its 14
years of economic incompetence and mismanagement. Because of the poor public
transport system, most people don't have any alternative but to drive.

"They have no choice to pay Labor's increased charges."

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- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

Is a secret fee increase one you don't get charged because it's secret?

 

No it's like GST and compulsory super - all you know is you have less
money at the end of the week. No idea where it went.

 

Only the super. Keating wanted GST, but Howard got it.

 

Yes, you get paid for working. Funny how that is.

 

Ya know... if you stopped replying to this idiot we'd be pretty-much free
of him Yeebok.

 

Keep playing with yourself, Knobpolisher.

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

Point taken