AUSTRALIAN TAXATION
LONDON, Sept. 22. Taxation would never fall to prewar levels, said the Commonwealth Treasurer Mr. J. B. Chifiey, concluding the Budget debate in the House of Representatives after an all-night sitting. , When taxation was eased, he hoped the first relief would go to those with family responsibilities because ihey were noiv carrying the heaviest burden of taxation. Mr. Chifiey predicted the continuance of price controls after the war. He added that he would like to have seen many more contributions to the war loans, but Australia’s record in having filled its war loans without recourse to bank credit had been remarkable.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21549, 31 October 1944, Page 4
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