Utter drivel and misinformation
Unfortunately when you have a large area and a small population taxes tend to be higher. If Australia only had to deal with an area the size of Sydney then your taxes would be quite a bit lower.
Most of Australia's poulation is very high density (over 2/3 in 5 major cities) the rest mostly on the dense east coast habitat.
Unfortunate thing is most countrymen actually believe above spin from the dear people in govt and ato who have propagated this bullsh*t for so long that in has been ingrained into our culture.
The REAL reason income taxes ARE (not tend) higher:
1. extremely large section of poulation avoiding tax (eg small business and buliding and tradesmen.
2. extreme amounts of: govt administration, unecessary govt jobs, govt projects, etc (see Australian submarine industry)
3. large corporations, banks, etc avoid taxes in Australia
Any Australian working OS should NOT avail any information to the ato. Setup your salary paid into an offshore account - offshore countries have no income tax or laws pertaining to and bank accounts are kept private (
www.wallstreetglobal.com)
if necessary obtain another offshore passport for travel on.
Finally do not vote for any Australian govt that has income tax rates above 30% as part of their policy.
