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Age of harassment

Having read the article, ‘Costly and flawed advice from NSW Revenue’ in OwnerDriver’s September issue, I would like to comment.

I am a retired truck driver, 78 years old, and although having come up through earlier times of rag tyre, mechanical hand signals, lousy brakes if any, 2-stick crash boxes, Armstrong steering and miniscule rear-view mirrors, I am glad that I am not truck driving in this age of official harassment and high stress levels.

Bureaucrats have most certainly got us by the short and curlies. It is hard to believe that anything is more important to them than money to be obtained in any fashion possible.

Any ramifications when they stuff up?

Which brings us to

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