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FactCheck: was Christian Porter right about welfare spending and income tax?

  • Written by Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
imageSocial Services Minister Christian Porter in Question Time.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Under Labor after the GFC, the welfare system was costing over 100% of all income tax raised. That’s clearly an unsustainable position that simply puts the burden of welfare payments on future generations through higher debt. Under the Coalition that has reduced to...

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