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A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow

  • Written by Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University
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We’re all in this pandemic together. But we’re currently leaving it to a small proportion of the community to shoulder most of the economic pain.

It’s an approach that’s compounding social and intergenerational inequity.

To date the Australian government has committed A$320 billion to support households and...

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