Coronavirus Australia, federal politics live updates: Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar warns 'higher taxes are in Labor’s DNA'

The Assistant Treasurer says families could face higher taxes under Labor after it refused to rule out further changes to its tax agenda.

Michael Sukkar in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

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Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has warned Australian families could face higher taxes under a Labor government after the opposition refused to rule out further changes to its tax agenda. Appearing on ABC's Insiders on Sunday, Labor's treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers said the opposition would focus on multinational taxes ahead of the next election but said it hadn't finalised its "full suite" of proposed reforms yet.