Peter Costello is a Budget hypocrite
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Former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has launched a stinging attack on the Abbott Government’s tax policies, claiming that its new push for “lower, simpler, fairer” taxes is a “morbid joke”. From the Daily Telegraph:
“When the government released its discussion paper on tax it said ‘lower, simpler, fairer’”…
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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