Last weekend’s report that more than 10 million Australians are facing a large tax rise wasn’t a new revelation.
That’s not to denigrate the story, by economic writer Shane Wright in the Nine media. It was an old tale that, in the run up to the May budget, was appropriately new again.
What made it special, however, was that it turned into an exploding cigar. The opposition weaponised it, which was shameless given it reflected a decision taken by the Morrison government. Treasurer Jim Chalmers tried to manage it by labelling it “bizarre”.
