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By Karen Peattie BUSINESS leaders Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter have said people should be encouraged to be successful and not be penalised for making money during the pandemic. Discussing the recently published Sunday Times Rich list 2021, Sir Tom – at number 221 in the list – said he fully supported entrepreneurship and the creation of businesses and wealth as “it is what makes the world go round”. The Rich List identifies 171 UK billionaires, an increase of 24 on last year. Asked by Donald Martin, host of the Go Radio Business Show with Hunter & Haughey if the country should be imposing a temporary wealth tax on those who have profited from the Covid pandemic, Sir Tom said people with an entrepreneurial spirit should not be held back “as long as they pay all their taxes”.
10 things you need to know this morning in Australia James Hennessy
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The Victorian health department’s list of exposure sites has swelled to more than 270 locations. Aged care facility Arcare Maidstone was added and is now in lockdown. Five new local cases were reported this morning, with 16,752 vaccine doses administered and 43,874 test results received.
Reported yesterday: 5 new local cases.
- 16,752 vaccine doses were administered
- 43,874 test results were received
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The feud over whether state governments or the federal government should support workers monetarily through lockdowns is heating up. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are making it clear that federal support has more or less ended, and states need to foot the bill for their lockdowns. It s quite a tightrope they re walking – not opposing lockdowns, as they know a decent chunk of the electorate is in favour of them, but refusing to