The middle class vs. the poor: Why the Coalition wants them to fight
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The Treasurer's Call for Tax Reform in the Budget
The federal government remains in a position where over time spending is growing too fast while they're committed to these enormous tax cuts. What does the government need to do to avoid the situation? The Gratton Institute's Daniel Wood says it means targeting people and corporations that the public has a bit more sympathy for than the ones that the treasurer identified in this year's budget. Paul Schulder: We have baked in higher spending this year and over the next ten years on things like NDIS and aged care and defense but we haven't really worked out how we're going to pay for those things yet.
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