PM wants tax stoush
Malcolm Turnbull will challenge Labor to vote down nearly $180 billion worth of tax cuts ahead of July’s by-elections.
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ALP scraps conference over clash
Labor has deferred its national conference because of an overlap with the ‘Super Saturday’ by-elections.
Labor mulls conference plans
Mark Butler says if an early election is called Labor may not be able to hold a national conference to thrash out policy.
Shorten caned for doctored notes
Malcolm Turnbull has accused Bill Shorten of ‘doctoring’ a Labor MP’s media transcript on offshore detention.
Labor ‘gouging worker’s tax relief’
Scott Morrison has accused Labor of trying to gouge ‘$70 billion in extra income tax from working Australians’.
Treasurer reveals tax cut cost
A Senate showdown looms after Scott Morrison outlined the cost of his revamp, and pressure has intensified to split the package.
‘Accept defeat on tax cuts’
Pauline Hanson has told the PM to accept defeat on his company tax cuts as he came under pressure to ditch the package.
Hanson produces a flat-tax proposal
Pauline Hanson wants the proposed flat tax rate of 32.5 per cent lifted to 34.5 per cent in a bid to limit the loss of revenue.
‘Please explain One Nation deal’
Penny Wong has demanded the government explain the contents of a company tax cut secret deal it struck with One Nation.
Hanson torpedos PM’s tax plan
Pauline Hanson has dealt what appears to be a fatal blow to the government’s company tax cuts by withdrawing support.
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