Family First Senator Steve Fielding sided with the Coalition in the Senate a short time ago to vote down the bill at the second reading. Earlier, Senator Fielding, who effectively enjoys the "power of ...

All high-income Australians would pay the 1 to 1.5 per cent Medicare levy surcharge under a budget proposal that would raise a breathtaking $4 billion per year, more than six times the net amount ...

A NEW plan to fix Australia’s budget woes could see Australians slugged an extra $900 a year whether they like it or not. The extra levy would come on top of already expensive private health insurance ...

Taxpayers who failed to pay the Medicare Levy Surcharge in previous years are now under the spotlight from the Australian Taxation Office. Brisbane-based accountant Adam McWhinnie has warned that some ...

THE Gillard government's proposed 0.5 per cent Medicare levy rise to fund the NDIS will be the single biggest increase since it was introduced in 1984. It will lift the levy from 1.5 per cent to 2 per ...