Two-thirds of voters back Labor’s super changes as crossbenchers push to tighten tax breaks for wealthy
“My sense is there is a growing frustration amongst Australians that they are being asked to make tough budget decisions and yet the federal government, we’re not having those discussions.”
“It’s the ones that go up above $150,000, $160,000 I guess, do they actually need a tax cut? That’s what we need to debate.“Going up any further, to $160,000, $180,000 – we’re just not in the right economic climate to be giving away freebies.” “We’re only looking at anything over that $3m that you’ll be taxed, that you won’t be getting that extra tax [concession] for. I really don’t have a problem with that, neither do millions of other Australians out there.”
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