Coalition in civil war over inheritance taxes

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Liberal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday attacked Labor leader Anthony Albanese over his support in the 1990s for an inheritance tax:

The Treasurer went on to say the Green’s tax policies look like a Labor “wishlist”.

“I went to the [Greens] website and I had a look at their policy and it looks like a Labor wishlist. Housing tax, we have heard that before, a tax on family businesses, we have heard that before.

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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.