View from The Hill: budget tax-upmanship as we head towards polling day
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
For the government this “election budget” is an exercise in juggling. On the one hand, it is throwing out voter bait. On the other, it is running hard on the theme of economic responsibility.
For the second budget in a row, there are highly generous tax cuts, amounting to A$158 billion over a decade. This is on top of the earlier $144...
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