Pre-election pork barrelling by the Morrison government won’t win over sceptical undecided voters and undermines spending on badly needed community projects, high-profile independent Zoe Daniel says.
The former ABC journalist and challenger to assistant minister Tim Wilson in the safe Melbourne electorate of Goldstein has joined calls from independent candidates for a substantive review of the tax system and wants greater assistance for small business from the Tax Office.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com