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NRFA submission to the Treasury: Ken Henry
Over the last couple of months the NRFA Treasurer, Peter Whytcross has been working on a submission to the Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel, titled a PROPOSAL FOR A FUEL REBATE TRADE OFF TO REPLACE CURRENT REGISTRATION CHARGES.
Peter submitted the proposal and it is now on the Treasury website at,
http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/submissions/post_14_november_2008/NRFA_20090917.pdf
Please check it out and post your thoughts on the Forum page or on the Justgroundsonline under the NRFA group, I commend Peter on the work he has done and also support the concept, this is in line with the NRFA policy to produce solutions to problems created by Government and Bureaucracy, and is the first of many.
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COUNTING OF HOURS (in work diaries)
Regulations and enforcement policies are the same in each State, however there are inconsistent rulings and infringements issued by enforcement officers who do not fully understand the new regulations.
The main problem was the “counting of hours” and the inconsistency between enforcement agencies
The regulations refer to “any 24hr period” (e.g. maximum work hrs permitted in any 24hrs period) the officers cannot start counting a 24 hr period in the middle of a rest break.
They cannot randomly choose a time and count backwards or forwards.
Enforcement must find the last Major rest break and count forward.( Major rest break is a period of not less than 5 hours)
Drivers should be aware that counting of work hours after a 7hr consecutive break does not “reset” the 24 hour rule
Drivers must still work under the “any 24 hr” rule.
Thank you to NRFA member Douglas Maddick for prompting me to put this on the website.
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