VICTORIA’S UNEMPLOYED.
INSURANCE SCHEME. n A LEVY ON INCOMES. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel.—Copyright. (Received March 8, 9.10 aun.) MELBOURNE, March 8. The State Parliamentary Labour Party has approved of the Cabinet proposals for unemployment insurance. It is now proposed, pending the operation of such legislation, to raise £350,000 by a special income and property tax for the relief of the unemployed, at the rate oi 1 4d in the £ on incomes derived from personal exertion, and Id in the £ on property income. The tax will be levied on single men earning £2OO or over, and on married men receiving , £3QO or over.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 7
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103VICTORIA’S UNEMPLOYED. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17964, 8 March 1930, Page 7
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