Gerry Harvey tax for every foreign parcel

Friday, 23 March 2018

Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey must love the federal government. From a new Department of Home Affairs plan to levy a $5 flat charge on every parcel posted from overseas:

Australian shoppers would have to pay a $5 tax on every parcel posted from overseas under a federal government plan to cover skyrocketing security screening costs…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.