A week before the budget, the government slapped an out of pocket expense on travellers going through security and said, “We have to pay for security somehow with these big new machines, so we are putting a levy or a tax on these people”. When we said the government was taxing passengers, the government said, “No, no we are not taxing passengers. This is a fee, this is a levy”.
No, it is money out of pocket. So is it a tax on travellers going through security, yes or no?