MP stands ground on alcopops tax
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Before voting against the legislation, Mr Neville said it was no surprise he wanted to support the Bundaberg Rum industry in his electorate.
“Do you think that the Champagne region of France would sit idly by if some minister in the French government started attacking champagne?” he said.
“Of course not.”
The coalition has criticised the measure as a tax grab ever since the government first raised the excise via regulation in April 2008.
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