Conversations about the injustices of the Australian tax brackets are long overdue and now, Dentists and Doctors have been caught in the crosshairs of Albo’s socialist agenda as the Labour government has decided to charge Doctors and Dentists pre-taxation.
There are roughly 27,000 Dentists practicing in Australia and 136,000 Doctors practicing in Australia.
What is pre tax? It is tax you pay for work not yet completed. The estimation is based on earnings in the previous year. Ethically, the decision is questionable at the very least, and fiscally, we must wonder why Albanese is doing this? The decision is ironic when in January 2025, Albo remarked that Australia “ is a place where every Australian is equal”. If that is true, then why doesn’t every Australian pay an equal amount of tax? And, why don’t all Australians pay pre-tax?
Perhaps the move is a not so unexpected move towards radical far left wing policies once embraced by a young Albanese. When studying at the University of Sydney, Albo headed a group within young labour which aligned itself with groups such as the communist party of Australia.
Doctors and Dentists are in some of the highest paying professions in this country. When they could potentially earn up to 250,000$ and more, Albanese has little sympathy for the fact that salary is a reflection of difficulty of work, years of study and training. This is not to mention that female GP’s in Australia experience double the risk of suicide than the general population.
One thing is beyond doubt, in Albo’s pre tax war on Doctors and Dentists, pre-taxation is the gift that keeps on giving to the Albanese government who appear desperate to find funds for the treasury.
Spending years in medical school to pay almost 40% in tax does not seem enticing for those considering a career in the medical profession and Albo is getting desperate to fund his treasury. The Albanese government has boasted it has turned a $78 billion dollar deficit into a $22 billion dollar surplus.
A junior doctor is estimated to earn between $70,000-90,000 per year while GP’s and consultants can earn up to $300,000 plus.
But the Albo fails to recognise that those in this high tax bracket already pay almost 40% in taxes.
When you consider that after years of specialized medical training which places candidates in thousands of hours of study, surgical training and clinic development, why does the government reserve the right to tax medical professionals?
The short answer is that it doesn’t. But Albo is re-distributing the wealth of hard working medical practitioners who have spent their lives dedicating themselves to the wellbeing of their patients.
The move will surely make budding medical students think twice about a long term career in the profession and even graver than that, ” the problem with socialism is that you run out of other people’s money”, as Thatcher once pointed out.
Labour’s message under Albo: you work harder, we own the fruits of your hard work that you have not even had a chance to complete.
