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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Labor says it’s looking for ways to ease cost-of-living pressures. Just don’t mention the stage-three tax cuts

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses media as Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers looks on
Anthony Albanese says he has ordered Treasury to conjure ideas about easing cost-of-living pressures without stoking inflation. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Come 1 July, Australian taxpayers will have $20bn more to spend, a pulse of demand in the economy that will keep interest rates higher than they otherwise would be.

That is courtesy of the controversial stage-three tax cuts that are legislated and, it seems, unlikely to be delayed or modified by the federal government.

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