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Teals aren’t letting the Liberals whitewash them as Greens

Allegra Spender complicates the Coalition’s attempts to pigeonhole the independents as lefties.

Phillip CooreyPolitical editor

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Among the few outstanding policies the government was unable to ram through the Senate last week was its proposed tax increase on superannuation accounts worth more than $3 million.

The policy, the only revenue measure of any significance the government has proposed this term, hit the fence because the Senate crossbench refused to support it.

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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com

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