Key issues missed in the endless tax debate

Thursday 14 June 2018

The Australian’s Adam Creighton has penned a strong rebuke of the debate around income tax cuts, claiming that both sides of politics are looking to increase Australian’s tax burden:

Voters have Hobson’s choice when it comes to tax. Both major parties are proposing to increase income tax, the Coalition only a little less quickly than Labor.

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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.