House debates

Monday, 21 February 2011

Private Members’ Business

Tourism Funding

11:08 am

Photo of Bob BaldwinBob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the House:

(1)
condemns the Rudd-Gillard Government for:
(a)
reducing funding for Tourism Australia at a time when the high Australian dollar is putting pressure on local tourism operators; and
(b)
increasing business costs for local tourism operators through:
(i)
higher tourism taxes;
(ii)
the bungled award modernisation; and
(iii)
additional superannuation guarantee payments which will be entirely funded by employers; and
(2)
calls on the Rudd-Gillard Government to match the Coalition’s commitment to increase tourism funding by $100 million to:
(a)
focus on high-yielding business events tourists;
(b)
build stronger research foundations;
(c)
encourage tourism infrastructure and product development; and
(d)
boost domestic tourism marketing.

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