NO GST ON TAMPONS PETITION
We, the undersigned Australians, request that the Senate reject the
Government's proposed plan to impose GST on tampons and sanitary pads. We
find it absurd that sunscreen, condoms, personal lubricants for men and
women, and incontinence pads are all to be GST free, on the basis that if
one didn't use them, one would suffer a "disability", yet menstruation
products will not. We think that women not using tampons or pads would
cause more than a "disability" - it would cause a furore!
Women already carry the burden of paying for menstruation products. We do
not believe that women should carry an additional burden of a 10% GST on a
product that women have no choice but to purchase, and for which men have
no equivalent. It is discriminatory and unfair.
Name: Email Address:
Jody Whyte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Margaret Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brooke Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Josie Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eleanor Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michele Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cassandra Eager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gaye Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Susan Wilde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deborah Tobias [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kath Earle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jane Little [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Karen Kriss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rachel Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Abigail Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pru Sheaves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anna Timbrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paula Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dilum Dassanayake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
alister air [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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longer!
TO:
Leader of the National Party of Australia, Senator the Hon. Ronald
Leslie Doyle Boswell
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Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Senator the Hon. John Philip
Faulkner
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Leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Meg Heather Lees
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Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Senator the Hon.
Richard Kenneth Robert Alston
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