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Michael Pascoe

Michael Pascoe: Tax reform starts here – maybe

Peter Dutton's reaction to superannuation proposals does not auger well for tax reform, Michael Pascoe writes.

Cross one leg over the other, gently tap just below the elevated kneecap and the lower leg should kick up. It’s a reflex action – as automatic and unthinking as the Opposition Leader immediately impersonating Chicken Little at the merest hint of a tax lurk possibly facing attempted reform at some unspecified time in the future.

Cue Peter Dutton’s reaction this week to the government releasing a consultation paper on possible wording to define the purpose of superannuation.

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