Australia: Labor Criticised Over Tax Office Credit Card Ban; Man Cautioned for Alleged MP Stalking
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Today there is news from Australian politics.
The Labor government talked about the ATO. The ATO is the Australian Tax Office. It collects money called tax from people and companies.
The ATO made a new rule. The rule is a ban on some credit cards. A ban means you cannot do something.
Labor says the ATO could have done this better. This means the plan had problems.
There is also other news. A man got a caution from police. A caution is a warning, not a big punishment.
Police say the man was allegedly stalking MPs. Allegedly means people think it happened, but it is not proven yet. Stalking means following or watching someone a lot, in a scary way.
MP means member of parliament. MPs are people who make laws for the country.
Police are still looking at this story.
Vocabulary9 words
- politics
- work about running a country
- Labor
- name of a political party in Australia
- ATO
- the office that collects tax in Australia
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- ban
- a rule that stops something
- caution
- a warning from police
- allegedly
- said to be true, but not proven
- stalking
- following someone in a scary way
- member of parliament
- a person who makes laws for the country
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1. It could have handled the credit card ban better 2. — 3. It is said to be true but not proven
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Today there is news from Australian _____.
The _____ government talked about the ATO.
The ATO made a new rule. The rule is a _____ on some credit cards.
Labor says the ATO could have done this _____.
A man got a _____ from police.
Police say the man was _____ stalking MPs.
MP means member of _____.
Police are still looking at this story.
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