WA: Scent of wine tax reprieve

Liberal Senator Anne Ruston has given the WA wine industry hope it could avoid big job losses and rationalisation as a result of changes to tax rules. The Assistant Minister for Agriculture said the coalition would reconsider its changes to the wine equalisation tax if it won the election. Senator Ruston, who has been at the forefront of negotiations on behalf of the Government, met WA industry leaders in Margaret River and the Swan Valley in the past two days to hear their concerns.