Coalition splinters over company tax cuts

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By Leith van Onselen

After Tony Abbott appeared on Radio 2GB yesterday calling for the Turnbull Government’s company tax cut package to be axed, Coalition MPs appear to be splintering. From The AFR:

While the intention is to secure the passage of the full remainder of the tax cut package, and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann believes he can still win over One Nation, there are competing views within cabinet that the government should take whatever the Senate offers and then shelve the rest of the policy…

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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.