DEAR News Of The Area,

I REFER to the letter from Tony Judge in the Coffs Coast 19 May 2023 publication.

Mr Judge makes the claim that “the budget was good for the area”.

I am not sure what planet Mr Judge resides on but he must not have read the fine print regarding the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset being abolished.

Approximately 10,000,000 Aussies are affected.

This Tax Offset provides a rebate of up to $1,500 per annum to middle income earners.

My partner and I are middle income earners, work hard, don’t receive any Centrelink benefits but are now around $2,000 per annum worse off.

It appears the only way you can receive any benefit from this budget is to be claiming benefits. No doubt there are a lot of taxpayers who haven’t realised this and wont until they lodge their

income tax return.

Maybe Airbus Albo should be concentrating on his pre-election promises of reducing the cost of living and electricity prices rather than throwing money at some but not others.

Regards,
Neil MERCER,
Woolgoolga.