Michael Pascoe: When everyone knows what’s needed, but none is game

Treasurer Jim Chalmers must have the courage to tackle serious tax reform, Michael Pascoe writes.

Here we go again. Everyone involved or just vaguely interested in public policy knows we need some serious tax reform, that we will be poorer without it – but there’s no sign of anyone with the ticker to do it.

The problem with real reform is that just about every vested interest group would be unhappy with some aspect of it, fuelling a media barrage against anyone attempting it.