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Mine are bigger than yours. Labor's surpluses are the Coalition's worst nightmare

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Mine are bigger than yours. Labor's surpluses are the Coalition's worst nightmareCutting back on dividend imputation will pay dividends to Labor budgets for years to come.Shutterstock

On Friday morning the Coalition’s worst dream will come true.

All throughout the campaign, and all through the two terms in office and three prime ministers and three treasurers that preceded it, they’ve argued they are better than...

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