Opposition Backs Labor’s Backflip on Tax Cuts for High Earners

The opposition has confirmed it will support the federal government’s stage three tax cut changes, while trying to paint Labor ministers as lying to the Australian public. On Feb. 6, the Liberal-National Coalition held a party room meeting to discuss its stance on the Labor government’s changes to the original tax plan legislated under the former Morrison government. In a press conference after the meeting, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said his party would not stand in the way of the changes. “The prime minister has made this change for his own political survival,” he told reporters. “We are supporting this change not to support the prime minister’s lie, but to support those families who need help now....