Jeff, at 17:36 on Jun 01 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

JG>> They put the price of a packet of cigarettes up by 60c.

BG> That's just the usual Federal Budget milking of the cash cows - 
BG> smokers and motorists.  Nothing to do with our local State Budget 
BG> last week though.

JG> I had that straigthened out for me at work today. The Feds took 
JG> an extra 17c a packet in the federal budget.

Are you sure about that?  It's well below their usual effort.

JG> Our State govt just took another 60c (???) a packet in response 
JG> to the Qld Govts move regarding share trading (they cut the tax 
JG> on share trading in half to equal the Qld move).

Must look into this, as my carton of 6 packs went up $3 last week.

Regards, Bill
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