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MRRT gets independents' approval

THE Gillard government has secured the crucial votes of the three independents to get its proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax through the House of Representatives but only after agreeing to ratchet up the tax threshold, which has angered the Greens.

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MRRT gets independents' approval

The government lifted the threshold at which the MRRT would apply to $A75 million, in a move to secure the vote of independent Andrew Wilkie. It was the final vote required by the government to get...

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