Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, labeled as taking one of the biggest gambles of his political career, is under fire for his government's decision to overhaul the previously promised stage three tax cuts. Critics, including Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton, have accused him of being 'deceitful' and 'point blank' lying about the reforms, which are anticipated to increase tax collections by $28 billion over the next decade. The reinstatement of the 37 percent tax bracket is expected to worsen the structural problem of bracket creep for middle-income earners. Over a million workers are projected to be worse off over the next decade, with a larger proportion of Australians facing higher marginal income tax rates without compensation. Independent MP Zali Steggall and Deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley have criticized the Prime Minister's honesty and coherence. Despite the controversy, Albanese has refused to apologize and is steadfast in his decision to propose the controversial tax cuts to Parliament without yielding to pressure from the Greens, as he attempts to secure enough votes to pass the changes.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s tax cut changes will be a “tough sell” to Australians, Herald Sun Business Commentator Terry McCrann says. https://t.co/xY9OK2adQn
Sky News host Caleb Bond says Labor’s stage three tax cuts debacle will continue to “dominate” headlines in the coming weeks. https://t.co/FUL9Cjxkk7
The Prime Minister was grilled on his decision to overhaul the stage three tax cuts as he gears up to fight to secure enough votes to pass the changes. https://t.co/XjLPRwnksr
Deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley claims the Prime Minister has reached “new levels of incoherence” when it comes to defending the government’s latest changes to the stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/wlmN2BVcaE
Anthony Albanese’s backflip on the stage three tax cuts is just the “politics of envy”, says Sky News host Rita Panahi. https://t.co/ihs9wBymPK
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to apologise for breaking his election promise on stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/2Ob4ll2VCy
The Prime Minister has promised to keep Labor's controversial stage three tax cuts proposal unchanged while proposing them to Parliament and not bend to political pressure from the Greens. https://t.co/pMHfPGRZUj
KPMG Chief Economist Dr Brendan Rynne says a larger proportion of Australians will be “captured” by higher marginal income tax rates, which they have still been “uncompensated for” after the Albanese government scrapped the stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/NAWvfnqoNN
Independent MP Zali Steggall has expressed concern that the Prime Minister and the Treasurer “point blank” lied to the Australian public about their plan to change stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/Gm4PRz3Z9w
Why Albanese and Chalmers felt they had to break their election pledge on tax cuts. https://t.co/elUKDfa32n
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to take one of the biggest gambles of his political career https://t.co/Yszr4q0wjH
“It is projected to actually increase tax collections by $28 billion over the next decade because, by restoring the 37 per cent tax bracket, it will make the structural problem of bracket creep worse for middle Australia” https://t.co/j9Ca8EAu2j
More than a million workers Anthony Albanese says will be better off under his stage three tax rewrite will be worse off over the next decade: https://t.co/wZmQ5VtOoS https://t.co/Y3cyB67teM
As Scott Morrison exits, Albanese takes his stage-three tax cuts out to the trash https://t.co/0PxFCzXQKQ
Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says “more drama” is unfolding at the ABC following a series of recent controversies. https://t.co/66uOsNX1qG
Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton has slammed the Prime Minister for being “deceitful” after Labor decided to reform the stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/ufKbnMLUdU