Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is proposing to impose a temporary income tax that is expected to raise some 1.8 billion Australian dollars (USD1.79 billion) to be used for reconstruction efforts following the massive flooding that devastated Queensland. The tax would be imposed for a year starting July 1 on Australians earning more than 50,000 Australian dollars annually.
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Ivy Mungcal
As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.
