#Latest news with #BjelkePetersenDaily Mail21 hours agoBusinessDaily MailThe looming economic disaster that means inheritance tax is inevitable in Australia - even after multiple governments said it would never happen: STEPHEN JOHNSONIt was once the most loathed tax in Australia - a final hit to the hip pocket as families mourned a loved one. Death duties were officially abolished in 1979, after Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen led a successful revolt against inheritance taxes. Since then, governments of all stripes have vowed never to bring them back.
Daily Mail21 hours agoBusinessDaily MailThe looming economic disaster that means inheritance tax is inevitable in Australia - even after multiple governments said it would never happen: STEPHEN JOHNSONIt was once the most loathed tax in Australia - a final hit to the hip pocket as families mourned a loved one. Death duties were officially abolished in 1979, after Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen led a successful revolt against inheritance taxes. Since then, governments of all stripes have vowed never to bring them back.