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Via The Guardian:
Voters rank boosting ongoing funding for hospitals and schools and assisting job creating industries ahead of the personal income tax cuts the Turnbull government is poised to deliver as the centrepiece of Tuesday night’s budget.
The latest Guardian Essential poll also suggests the looming income tax cut will need to be in the order of $25 to $35 or more per week to make a practical difference to Australian families at a time when wages growth has been stagnant, with 34% saying that they would require $35 or more per week to register an impact.
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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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