Cretinous Greens culture warriors fight to move Australia Day for the 10 per cent

Hit the rich? Shane Wright, The Sydney Morning Herald, January 15:

Labor’s plans to increase capital gains tax and limit negative gearing will hit the nation’s wealthiest and largely Liberal-held electorates, sparing those in low-income rural areas or comfortably held by the ALP.

Hit the rich? Adam Creighton, The Australian, January 15:

More than 60 per cent of taxpayers who made capital gains had taxable incomes of $80,000 or less … including 194,000 with taxable incomes … from $37,000 to $80,000 (who would be hurt) by Labor’s proposal to … (halve) the capital gains tax discount from 50 per cent to 25 per cent.

Hit the rich? John Kehoe, The Australian Financial Review, November 17 last year:

Labor’s planned crackdown on negative gearing would still allow wealthy owners of multiple properties to benefit from tax breaks … Tax Institute senior tax counsel Bob Deutsch said … there was an “element of good news buried” in Labor’s policy. “If you have a range of investments and some are positively geared and some are negatively geared, you can mix and match them together” … Labor’s policy has not changed since … before the 2016 federal election, but few … understand the finer details.

Hurt the poor? The Daily Telegraph, May 22, 2016:

Labor’s plans to scrap negative gearing will deliver a hidden tax bomb to average and low-income families while … (those earning more than $109,000 still will be) able to negatively gear 90 per cent of all their ­investment property rental losses … offsetting it against other investment incomes … Low-paid and average families would be … disadvantaged because they … (could no longer) negatively gear against their wages … (and they have) 10 times less investment income … (to) use as an offset.

Cretinous culture warriors? Greg Jericho, Guardian Australia, January 15:

We return from our summer break to the sounds of a cretinous attempt by Scott Morrison to launch a culture war over Australia Day.

Cretinous culture warriors? Paul Karp, Guardian Australia yesterday:

The Greens have offered to preside over citizenship ceremonies on behalf of councils that refuse to conduct them on 26 January in a bid to thwart Scott Morrison’s attempt to force councils to celebrate Australia Day.

Will of the people. Richard Di Natale, greensmps.org.au, yesterday:

Australian Greens (leader) Richard Di Natale (said:) “Scott Morrison is playing a predictable political game trying to punish councils for reflecting the will of their constituents and standing up for justice for First Nations Peoples … The movement to change the date is an important step along the road to ­treaty, sovereignty and justice for our First Nations Peoples and we hope Labor will join us …”

Will of which people? Max Margan, Daily Mail Australia, yesterday:

According to new polls … just 10 per cent … (of Australians) want to change the date of Australia Day … (and) eight per cent of young people.

Not even this person? Luke Pearson, Guardian Australia, yesterday:

I no longer support #ChangeThe­Date … Until recently, when you searched “change the date” on Google in Australia, the first entry was even an article I wrote … (on) “Why we should change the date of Australia Day” … For the record, 26 January will always remain Invasion Day … ­because #LestWeForget.