Within weeks of voting to impose payroll tax on Victoria’s elite private schools, some MPs privately lobbied the treasurer to give some schools special treatment.
A growing list of Labor MPs privately lobbied for elite schools in their electorates to be exempt from a payroll tax, despite voting for it in state parliament.
Premier Jacinta Allan with ministers Vicki Ward and Ben Carroll, who both raised concerns about the impact of Labor’s tax changes on their local private schools.“As a past student, I know first-hand that this is not a school for the elite, but one where parents work hard to send their daughters, seeking an education that is focused on empowering and supporting girls as well as instilling a strong sense of social justice,” Ward said.
“I write to you asking what supports or exemptions may be available for this wonderful local school in my community. I thank you in advance for your consideration of PLC’s concerns,” Hamer wrote. The appeals from Labor MPs came in the weeks after last year’s budget when Pallas announced Victoria’s highest-fee non-government schools would beUnder pressure from private schools and parents, the government later tinkered with the threshold,so that it would only be imposed on schools with annual fees of $15,000 or more, bringing in $100 million less for the government.
“As every government school in Victoria pays payroll tax it is fair that the highest-fee private schools also contribute.”
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