Whatever happened to the “Budget emergency”?

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By Leith van Onselen

The Budget leaks continued over the weekend, with Fairfax’s Mark Kenny reporting that the Turnbull Government will include tax cuts for higher income families in Tuesday’s Federal Budget:

[Finance Minister Mathias] Cormann said it was “very important” that Australia’s tax policy settings remained “competitive”.

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About the author
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.