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Savannah Meacham

GP payroll tax, first homebuyer stamp duty scrapped

The Queensland government has scrapped a payroll tax set to be imposed on general practitioners. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A tax purported to make GP visits cost more and a barrier to entering the housing market have been removed by a state government fulfilling more of its election promises.

The Liberal National government scrapped a "patient's tax" during the final Queensland parliament sitting on Thursday, a move it vowed to do after it won the October 26 election.

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