Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers are facing criticism for their decision to revise the stage three tax cuts, a move that has been met with accusations of broken promises and deceit from the opposition and some members of the public. The Albanese government has defended the tax cuts revision as necessary, despite claims that it does not address bracket creep and will ultimately leave more than a million workers worse off over the next decade. The Federal Opposition is targeting Albanese on trust and integrity, while Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has called the decision the 'mother of all lies.' The government is entering into negotiations with the Greens and crossbench to pass the changes, with Albanese refusing to commit to the original tax plan or to apologize for the perceived broken election promise. Critics, including former Queensland premier Campbell Newman, Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton, Independent MP Zali Steggall, and Bondi Partners Senior Advisor Peter McGauran, have expressed concerns over the government's handling of the issue, with some labeling it as deceitful and a declaration of war against aspirational Australians. KPMG Chief Economist Dr. Brendan Rynne noted that a larger proportion of Australians will be affected by higher marginal income tax rates. Peter Dutton refuses to commit to the stage-three tax cut changes, and Anthony Albanese has dismissed calls for an early election over the tax cuts redesign, which the opposition labels a broken promise that will rob Australian workers of $28 billion.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to apologise for breaking his election promise on stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/2Ob4ll2VCy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed not to bend demands by the Greens and alter his stage-three tax cut changes but will still enter into negotiations with the party for support. https://t.co/mxQQqixFMl
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
Bondi Partners Senior Advisor Peter McGauran has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for being “asleep at the wheel” as the country is “underwater” on the issue of cost of living. https://t.co/UfXo4msukq
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
ANALYSIS: Anthony Albanese, in Peter Dutton's view, has committed the gravest of all political sins. But something can be a "broken promise" and also be the right decision for the times, writes Matthew Doran. https://t.co/dONB3jgHkZ
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to take one of the biggest gambles of his political career https://t.co/Yszr4q0wjH
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 has slammed the Prime Minister for being “deceitful” after Labor decided to reform the stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/ufKbnMLUdU
Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman has called out the Albanese government for thinking the stage three tax cuts change politics is "marvellous” for them because it will “burden them” in the long run. https://t.co/zOWD3b86Gq
Anthony Albanese has dismissed Peter Dutton's call for an early election over his revamped tax cuts. The Opposition labelling the redesign, a broken promise, that in the long run will rob Australian workers of $28 billion. https://t.co/b3nAU1J7dw @Rob7Scott #auspol #tax #7NEWS https://t.co/LLPI0VyF6T
The Federal Opposition is vowing to target Anthony Albanese on trust and integrity until the next election. The fallout continues after the PM broke a promise to retain a coalition-era tax plan, in favour of giving more low and middle income workers bigger tax cuts. #9News https://t.co/D238Gq76RD
Peter Dutton refuses to commit to stage-three tax cut changes as Labor begins negotiations with Greens and crossbench https://t.co/ZvrlghYNWl
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has slammed the Albanese government for the “mother of all lies” and their “declaration of war” against aspirational Australians. https://t.co/fXi2TWe8Ru
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the Albanese government’s revised stage three tax cuts, which critics say do not address the issue of bracket creep. https://t.co/08s0MsUB6g