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What tax benefits will be given to the bushfire affected people from the ATO?

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Worker try to put out a bushfire behind a row of factories near West Queenbeyan, 10km west of Canberra. Source: AAP

Tax agent Ash Khondkar spoke to SBS Bangla on how bushfire affected people can get tax assistance.

Updated 28/01/2020

By Abu Arefin

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Bangladeshi community organizes a charity event for the victims of bushfires

Firefighting crews battle a bushfire encroaching on properties near Lake Tabourie on the Princes Highway between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla.

বুশফায়ারে খতিগ্রস্থ মানুষদের যে ডোনেশন দেয়া হবে তা কি ট্যাক্স এ ফেরত পাওয়া যাবে ?

The prime minister will suggest that climate change be investigated as part of a royal commission into Australia's bushfire crisis.

বুশফায়ার নিয়ে রয়েল কমিশন গঠনের প্রস্তাবের ঘোষণা দিলেন স্কট মরিসন

Members of the Capertee RFS prepare to go to work

প্রয়োজনীয় উপকরণের অভাব রয়েছে বললেন ফায়ারফাইটাররা

A Queensland bushfire victim, whose uninsured home was burned to the ground, scored big on the Lotto.

দাবানলে পুড়লো বাড়ী, লটারিতে পেলেন মিলিয়ন ডলার

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