Pathetic Labor plays politics on bank levy

Monday 22 May 2017

Yesterday, Labor gave a perfect example of why I hate politics so much. Instead of offering bipartisan support for the Turnbull Government’s 0.06% levy on the big banks’ liabilities, it offered the following dross during Question Time.

The Guardian’s politics blog broke-down Labor’s shenanigans:

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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.