Rod Sims on tax reform and the gas price crisis
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government has flirted with, and now ruled out, changing the Stage 3 tax cut in the October 25 budget, which appears set to be dominated by some deep spending cuts. In the longer term, however, debate will continue over the need to reform Australia’s tax system, as the calls on revenue to finance big programs increase.
Meanwhile, the...