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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Sussan Ley retreats from comments suggesting Coalition would repeal Labor’s stage-three tax cut changes

The deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, denied promising to roll back Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax cuts
The deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, denied promising to roll back Labor’s changes to the stage-three tax cuts. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has walked back earlier comments suggesting the Coalition would repeal Labor’s revamped tax cuts that more than double tax relief for Australians on the average income.

On Thursday, Ley clarified that the opposition’s position is to “support the existing stage-three arrangements” but denied promising to roll them back in a bid to head off a Labor campaign that the Coalition will claw back low and middle-income tax relief.

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