Via the AFR:
The mining sector is seeking assurances it will continue to receive billions a year in diesel excise rebates as the government starts exploring options to repay debt and deficit in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said policies which stimulated business investment, not higher taxes, were the solution to growing the economy and generating the revenue needed.
He left open the option of breaking election promises.
Mining is grotesquely undertaxed already:
Mining should be thinking of ways to contribute to the Australian community not rort it for more tax lurks.
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