I'd be interested in the views of the chamber or the tourism industry in terms of the impact of payroll taxes and should we keep payroll taxes frozen where they are, particularly in tourism; it's a very labour-intensive industry, in terms of the hospitality sector particularly.
There's a scheduled payroll tax increase of $1.2 billion for January. Would your members be better served if we held payroll taxes where they are now?
A response from either the chamber or the tourism--