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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991

LEAST $1, IT HAS BEEN "TO INCREASE THIS DIFFERENTIAL TO AT

FOR THE TWO FELT DESIRABLE TO INTRODUCE A DIFFERENTIAL RATE OF DUTY TYPES OF PETROL.

OF DUTY OF LEADED "IT IS ACCORDINGLY PROPOSED THAT THE RATE

OF DUTY OF

PETROL UNLEADED PETROL BE $4.17 PER LITRE AND THE RATE

DAY FROM WHICH SHOULD BE $3.72 PER LITRE FROM APRIL 1, WHICH IS THE

MR BARNES SAID. UNLEADED PETROL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS,

THIS RATE OF DUTY WILL MAKE UNLEADED PETROL AT LEAST $1 CHEAPER THAN LEADED PETROL TO THE CONSUMER.

MR BARNES STATED: "IT IS INTRODUCED TODAY SOLELY BECAUSE 1 IS THE MOST CONVENIENT TIME TO INTRODUCE UNLEADED PETROL.

RATES WILL

NOT INCREASE THE TWO SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

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OR

DECREASE

I BELIEVE THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS DIFFERENTIAL RATE WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE BULK OF CONSUMERS AND BY THE PUBLIC AT

HE SAID. IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE OIL COMPANIES,

THE MOTION WAS PASSED IN THE COUNCIL..

APRIL

REVENUE

OF DUTY

LARGE.

SECOND STAGE RISE IN LEGAL AID FEES

MAXIMUM FEES PAYABLE OF LEGAL AID TO THE SECRETARY COUNCIL

THE SECOND STAGE OF THE INCREASE IN THE TO COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS ASSIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR CONDUCT CRIMINAL CASES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON APRIL 1,

THE LEGISLATIVE FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TOLD

MOVING THE LEGAL AID IN CRIMINAL CASES

(AMENDMENT} RESOLUTION

1991, MR TSAO SAID THE FEES WERE FIRST REVIEWED IN EARLY 1990.

WITH

SHOULD FEES PAYABLE THAT THE MAXIMUM "IT WAS PROPOSED

GREATER INCREASES INCREASED ON AVERAGE BY 50 PER CENT, BUT RESPECT OF APPRAL CASES WHICH REQUIRE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE PREPARATION.

BE

IN

HIGHER "THE PROPOSED INCREASE WAS TO REFLECT INFLATION AND THE

AND HAVING ARE OPERATING COSTS SINCE THE FEES WERE LAST REVISED IN 1987,

ABLE LAWYERS REGARD TO THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EXPERIENCED AND

MR TSAO SAID. AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL CASES,

THAT THE INCREASE SHOULD

HE ADDED THAT IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED TAKE EFFECT IN TWO STAGES SPREADING OVER TWO YEARS.

LAST

APRIL 1 THE FIRST STAGE, HE NOTED, TOOK EFFECT ON AND THE PROPOSED AMENDED RULES WERE TO ENABLE THE SECOND STAGE OF INCREASE TO TAKE EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

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