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We compared the Labor and Coalition’s income tax proposals to see who benefits most

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
We compared the Labor and Coalition’s income tax proposals to see who benefits mostShutterstock

We now have the competing bids for our votes by the alternative governments on income tax policy.

From Labor, future cuts to the lowest marginal tax rate and new standard deductions for work expenses. From the Coalition, a one-off return to a tax offset for low and middle income earners that was previously nicknamed the...

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