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Those future tax cut promises... they're nowhere near as big as you'd think

  • Written by Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
Those future tax cut promises... they're nowhere near as big as you'd thinkMuch of what's been promised would have had to happen anyway.Shutterstock

The 2018 budget contained big tax measures – worth A$143 billion over the next decade – initially targeted at lower and middle income Australians, but after five or so years to be heavily weighted towards higher income Australians. The 2019 Budget doubled down,...

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