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I have been highly critical of Teal MP Alegra Spender’s positions on immigration. But her latest salvo on tax reform is spot on.
Allegra Spender’s new tax white paper is a direct challenge to the federal government’s incremental approach to reform, arguing that Australia’s tax system is increasingly unfair to younger generations and structurally unsustainable as the population ages.
She has proposed large‑scale, revenue‑neutral reform designed to shift the tax burden away from workers and towards wealth, investment income, and lightly taxed assets.
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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.