Tax ups cost of Australian holidays

Stuff Thursday 17th May, 2012

A Kiwi family of four will soon pay almost $550 in taxes and fees for the pleasure of flying to Australia and back. New Zealand travellers to Australia will pay an extra $12.4 million a year in departure taxes when they board their plane home. The Australian Government said last week as part of its federal budget that it would increase the departure tax, known as a "passenger movement charge", to A$55 (NZ$71), up A$8, from July 1. ...

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