There’s one way for Albanese to safely break his tax cut promise

There is a simple way for a prime minister to break an election promise: ask for permission.

Albanese and the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, would have to go to voters with a compelling argument about why the cuts at the top end of the income scale should be stopped or reduced.The timing of stage three does not make this easy because the cuts begin in July 2024 and the next election could be held as late as May 2025. This is not an argument for an early election but the nightmare timing is Labor’s own fault.

The debate over the past week is not a reliable guide to how the politics would play out. The argument about stage three has been fairly low-level in recent days, spoken about by politicians, journalists and economists but barely heard by most voters. This is not a simple scenario where Labor can play to its base. After all, its base is only 77 out of 151 seats. Labor needs to win voters from the Liberals to be safe.What happened here is no mystery and no cause for sympathy. Labor was wedged at the last election and has to live with the consequences. The Liberals designed a tax package to help workers on higher incomes and Albanese and Chalmers chose to support the package rather than risk an election fight.

CroweDM Put it to the people well before the next election..:)

CroweDM Labor spread rumours of not honouring stage 3 tax cut to gauge the public mood, is that asking permission ? And we are still waiting for cost of living relief and reduced energy bills as promised during election campaign ?

CroweDM Gutless.

CroweDM The journalism lesson for theage is to focus on what’s said by the politicians, not uron what they think will sell ad space. They said no change, rumourmongering doesn’t change that

CroweDM He already did Have you forgotten his election commitments?

CroweDM Pfft... Another 'think piece', sans think.

CroweDM That’s what John Howard did with the gst. Have some balls AlboMP. Don’t rely on the ABC to do your dirty work for you.

CroweDM Never going to deliver these cuts. This is just theatre in Oct. Come the May budget they’ll be gone. Ppl who studied, worked hard, took risks, made every post a winner will be paying the way of all those who didn’t bother. Same ol Labor.

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There’s one way for Albanese to safely break his tax cut promiseOpinion: The history lesson for Anthony Albanese is there for all to see. If he believes the stage three tax cuts have to change, he has to be brave enough to put it to the people | CroweDM CroweDM Flogging a dead horse David. Let it go. CroweDM Yes. He can call an election. If he’s not prepared to do this, he should stick to the promise. CroweDM So many opinions with an obvious as dogs RW agenda…
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