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Michael Stutchbury

The key change Dutton should make to bring back discipline

Something’s got to give. Indexing the tax scales would force budget discipline on the next government.

After Peter Dutton rejected Labor’s surprise $10 a week personal income tax cut, will he go for something bigger in his budget reply speech – like indexing the personal income tax scales for price inflation?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (right) has rejected Labor’s tax cuts. Dominic Lorrimer

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Michael Stutchbury is editor-at-large. He is in his fourth decade of writing for and editing national newspapers. After nearly six years as editor of The Australian, he returned to the Financial Review as editor-in-chief (2011-2024). Email Michael at mstutchbury@afr.com

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