PROPOSED WA IRON ORE TAX COULD COST THOUSANDS OF JOBS

摘要

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has savaged the Western Australian Nationals' proposed iron ore tax, saying it commissioned a report by Deloitte Access Economics that found the new tax would cost 7,200 jobs, according to the ABC. However, Nationals leader Brendon Grylis, who is pushing for a lift in production taxes for BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto from 25 cents to $5 a tonne, claims it will raise an additional $7.2 billion over four years. Grylls has dismissed the research by Deloitte Access Economics claiming it was "paying for misleading analysis of the policy".