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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.

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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