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I assume "Other purposes" is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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[โ€“] Wisi_eu@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You pay 20 000 $ of taxes????!

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[โ€“] BlazeMaster3000@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can request this in most countries, especially here in Canada. It's cool that the Aussie government makes it more transparent and accessible though. The "other purposes" seems a bit sussy-baka, though.

[โ€“] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There is no excuse for any country not to do this TBH. The math is really easy and uses already available information: take the year's total federal spending for different things, specifically in the form of percentages of the year's total tax revenue (hopefully the government has been keeping track of what they've been using the money for) and multiply by the total taxes paid by a specific person and you get exactly how much of their money went to what. This assumes every person's tax revenue is treated the same which I'm pretty sure is at least mostly the case in every country.

If they release the national spending percentages (which they should) then it'd be pretty easy for individuals to calculate these themselves.

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[โ€“] hismajesty@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

That's the only good thing i guess. I heard that the law is against ppl and they can treat humans like cattle as long as its for your safety (lets set covid as an example). What a shitty place to live.

[โ€“] Trolled@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

lol this isn't actually true, I know because I live in aus and I have never seen anything like this

[โ€“] MR_@ttrpg.network -1 points 2 years ago

You pay more in taxes than I earn in a year.

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