WA threatens to follow SA with bank tax
Phillip CooreyPolitical editor
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The West Australian government could follow South Australia and impose its own tax on banks as the federal government rejects accusations from big business that its major bank levy gave the green light to such behaviour.
With the business community furious as what it now regards as open season on anyone turning a healthy profit, WA Labor Treasurer Ben Wyatt said on Friday his cash-strapped government was actively considering the idea.
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