What does the “Labor” Party stand for? Absolutely nuthin’

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Labor announced yesterday that it will not make changes to the stage three income tax cuts if it wins the upcoming federal election. It also abandoned the negative gearing and capital gains tax reforms taken to the past two federal elections.

Shadow cabinet formally signed-off on these policy positions yesterday.

Earlier this year, Labor also formally dumped its franking credits policy, which would have abolished franking credit refunds for people who paid no tax.

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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.