To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the undersigned members of the Rothmans Employees' Credit Union Limited respectfully showeth that your petitioners are gravely concerned that the Commonwealth Government's Bank Account Debits Tax discriminates heavily against Building Societies and Credit Unions. As it stands, it exempts debits from Savings Banks and all bank cheque debits.

This will give great benefit to the large and profit making banks whilst costing the members of co-operatives such as ourselves, a great deal of money.

In the next financial year it will cost this Credit Union alone $9,500.00. This will come from the members because we do not make profits.

As it stands this is a tax on the little people and exempts the big corporations.

And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.