BETOOTA TALKS: Greens Senator Nick McKim

About this episode

Federal Senator Nick McKim discusses a plan to ease cost of living woes by taxing the wealthy.

It might be easy to forget about the apple isle at the bottom of our nation, but it’s important to check in with our Tasmanian brethren from time to time to see what they’ve been cooking up. This week’s guest, Federal Senator Nick McKim is spruiking a plan help everyday aussies ease their cost of living woes by, you guessed it, taxing rich people. Won’t these rich people just leave the country? What about all the good that billionaires bring to our lives? All these questions answered plus Pocock’s rig, Man United, Tassie Devils and many more important topics covered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: The Betoota Advocate

Guest: Nick McKim

Topics covered

• cost of living
• taxation
• wealth inequality
• politics
• Tasmania
• interviews

Keywords

• cost of living
• tax rich
• Nick McKim
• Tasmania
• wealth inequality
• politics
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Betoota Advocate, Man United, Tassie Devils

Places: Tasmania, Australia

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