News / 'Unfair' Australian biosecurity tax just a 'smokescreen of spin', says industry

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12/03/2019

Fourteen industry associations in Australia have called on the government to scrap its “reckless” and “unfair” biosecurity tax on maritime imports.

Scheduled to begin in July, the Biosecurity Import Levy will raise A$10.02 per teu (US$7) and A$1 per tonne of non-containerised cargo, with the government ...

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