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The ALP in your head is long dead (quokk.au)
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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

They're talking about a different rate: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/raise-rate

Raise The Rate

Poverty is a political choice.

Over 5 million Australians are barely scraping by on Centrelink payment rates below the poverty line, and millions more are struggling with the cost of living.

Yet the government is choosing to cut taxes for the ultra wealthy instead of raising the rate of income support.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    The people making that choice are the voters who have ousted every government that attempted to increase taxes on mining and gas.

    Also that’s a nice talking point from the Greens but it doesn’t seem to pass the pub test.

    The government gave everyone a tax break, which had been left as a wedge issue by the previous Liberal government. Labor tweaked it so that lower income earners got a bigger break but didn’t scrap it as keeping the tax cut was an election promise.

    Labor are also looking to tax ultra wealthy individuals super at a higher rate. So again… what tax cut for the rich are the Greens on about?

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