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WA gold royalty hike ‘disappointing’ – Bishop

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has labelled the Western Australian government’s recent hike in gold royalties and the introduction of a payroll tax as “disappointing”. Speaking on the sidelines of the Africa Downunder conference, Bishop said that it was regrettable that the state government’s priority was to tax companies that were offering jobs at a time when unemployment was increasing.