dlatimer . # .

Raise price of water. Drop taxes: Double the price of water - use the extra income to lower taxes. Pensioners already get a discount.

Brisbane Water has sales of $400 million. If the cost of water doubled, then people would use less water and still $350 million extra would be raised.

With that money, the Queensland government could halve payroll taxes (or triple the exemption). Or it could eliminate all land taxes.