http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tom-kenyon/ Tom is the State Labor MP for the seat of Newland in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, SA. He is married with three children and has a degree in Environmental Management. He has worked as a jackeroo, storeman, a service station attendant, rouseabout, porter and dishwasher. 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-labor-mp-speaks-out-against-the-mining-tax/ Royalties and mining taxes are the price mining companies pay to the people of a state and/or country for the right to mine and sell the resources of that state and /or country. Seeing as they can only be sold by the state once, it’s important to make sure that we get the best price we can. However, if you set the price too high, no-one will buy what you’re selling. The Rudd government’s Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT), as it is proposed, drives the price too high. A well designed rent tax is a very efficient and even business friendly tax. With a rent tax, you only pay tax when you are making a decent profit while the government still receives a fair price for its resources. But there is a clear need for three major changes to the RSPT. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Kenyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-labor-mp-speaks-out-against-the-mining-tax/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-labor-mp-speaks-out-against-the-mining-tax/#item3080 Thu, 13 May 2010 20:05:02 +0000 Tom Kenyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ru-486-is-dangerous-just-think-about-it/ A quick flick through some of the side effects of RU-486 makes for sober reading. These range from stomach cramps, through nausea, vomiting to ectopic pregnancies and severe internal bleeding. Quite clearly, it is a serious drug that should be treated with some caution and strictly only under medical supervision. If RU-486 weren’t an abortion drug there wouldn’t be any controversy. No-one would question the prosecution of two people for procuring and administering another pharmaceutical with side effects as serious as those of RU-486. But it was never about the drug. It was about access to abortion. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Kenyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ru-486-is-dangerous-just-think-about-it/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ru-486-is-dangerous-just-think-about-it/#item1319 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:45:57 +0000 Tom Kenyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pulling-mining-out-of-a-black-hole-/ Access to capital and finance is the single biggest issue facing the resources industry at the present time. There’s not a single exploration company in this state that is struggling to get a project going for want of a desert power circle but there are plenty struggling for cash. The state government has worked with the chamber in an orderly and disciplined fashion since the SACOME sponsored infrastructure conference in 2006. However, the best thing any government could do to get exploration spending moving would be to introduce a Flow Through Share (FTS) scheme. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Kenyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pulling-mining-out-of-a-black-hole-/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pulling-mining-out-of-a-black-hole-/#item1174 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:35:21 +0000 Tom Kenyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-adelaide-the-most-insecure-city-in-australia/ In Adelaide we worry a lot. A mall, trams, grandstands, hospitals even roundabouts cause hours of debate. However, nothing winds us up more than someone criticising our city. We’re so defensive. Sometimes I think we get so outraged because secretly we worry that Adelaide may actually be a backwater. Often the “solution” that is put forward is to build an iconic building such as a tower or a fantastic or unusual museum. These are all great ideas – we should build more unusual and more controversial buildings. Interesting buildings give a city character. I like buildings that have gardens down the side and on the roof. It would be great to see some of them. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Kenyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-adelaide-the-most-insecure-city-in-australia/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-adelaide-the-most-insecure-city-in-australia/#item905 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:29:59 +0000 Tom Kenyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-no-logical-reason-to-allow-gay-marriage/ David Penberthy and others on The Punch have written about the issue of gay marriage recently. His argument was, essentially, that there are lots of bad traditional marriages and there would be some good gay marriages therefore we shouldn’t be worried about gay marriage. While a lot of people may agree and leaving aside the fact that there would also be a lot of bad gay marriages, it’s not particularly good logic. It fails to discuss the nature of marriage and its purpose. Is marriage perfect? Of course not. But mere imperfection of itself is not an argument for its removal or significant change. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tom Kenyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-no-logical-reason-to-allow-gay-marriage/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/theres-no-logical-reason-to-allow-gay-marriage/#item768 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:14:31 +0000 Tom Kenyon | Author bios | The Punch