Labor Faces a Difficult Time Navigating the Gauntlet of Its Tax Changes

Commentary Perceptions are very significant in politics. They are formed by the response of parties and their leaders to various events, but they can come to colour the attitude of individuals and the populace to other issues. They may take time to be established in the minds of people, but once formed, they can be like concrete: very difficult to reshape. This is the situation facing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor government as it changes its approach to tax cuts. What the Tax Cuts Originally Looked Like The taxation package, introduced by the former Morrison government, and supported by the then-Labor opposition, involved three stages....