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Explainer: budget tax changes alienated Gen Z and Baby Boomer voters

The budget fallout has drawn new, clear battle lines.

The Canberra Times

Afternoon Update: Liberal breaks ranks on Taylor plan; Mafs UK rape allegations; and having tea with Flea

Backbencher Andrew McLachlan criticises Angus Taylor’s push to bar non-citizens from accessing welfare

The Guardian - AU

Skilled migrants could be key to more home construction

Fixing Australia's broken migrant skills recognition system could help ease the housing crisis and improve public confidence, politicians have been told.

AAP

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Returning to the centre may be the only way the walking dead Liberals can rise again

After the weekend defections to One Nation, and with more possibly to come, the task for remaining party loyalists is to regroup and reorient

The Guardian - AU

One Nation gains in polls as budget is poorly received in Newspoll

In three credible post-budget polls, One Nation is up one to three points, with their victory at the May 9 Farrer byelection probably also contributing. Labor took a hit in Freshwater and Resolve, but not Newspoll.

The Conversation

Labor defends budget tax changes despite critical polls

Labor insists it's taking the right approach to tax reform despite a majority of Australians saying the latest budget will leave them worse off.

AAP

'Paddock of despair': MP blasts One Nation defectors

Two former Liberals have jumped ship to Pauline Hanson's One Nation as the right-wing party cannibalises the coalition's vote.

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Budget brawl escalates over rival tax cut proposals

The government has conceded its budget is unlikely to win immediate support from voters as Labor and Liberals taking aim at each others' policies.

AAP

Liberal party ‘corroded by hate’, MP says amid concerns of ‘dog whistling’ on immigration

Exclusive: Several Liberals say they now believe Pauline Hanson’s party is in control of their party’s agenda

The Guardian - AU

How housing became a generational budget battleground

Pitting investors against first home buyers in the name of intergenerational equity, Labor's fifth budget aims to address young people's housing struggles.

AAP

Getting down in the mud with Pauline Hanson won’t help Angus Taylor – but principled policy could

The Coalition should seek differentiation from One Nation with policies like the indexation proposal rather than the crass convenience of grievance politics

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor says migrants are a ‘net drain’ on Australia. The numbers say the opposite is true

Migrants are generally younger than the average Australian, are skilled and more educated. And they typically pay more tax than they receive in benefits

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Hanson bills taxpayers $16k for flood flights; Taylor’s ‘race to the bottom’; and Delta Goodrem’s ‘ripper’ performance

One Nation leader previously claimed the trip aboard Gina Rinehart’s plane was at ‘no cost to the taxpayer’

The Guardian - AU

Chinese-Aussies slam coalition's 'unfair' welfare move

The Australian-Chinese community is uneasy after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he plans to axe welfare benefits from non-citizens.

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The Guardian - AU

‘We are not in Trump’s America’: migrant groups say Angus Taylor in race to bottom with far right

Refugee advocacy group warns migrants ‘should not be used as scapegoats’ as prime minister claims Coalition imitating One Nation policies

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor’s tough talk on migration puts politics over policy and risks feeding damaging stereotypes

If the opposition leader is serious about fixing the migration system, he should start by creating clearer pathways for people already contributing or stuck in limbo indefinitely

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Taylor maps out tax plan, Coles case could end ‘fake discounts’, UK politics in turmoil

Opposition leader promises to index tax brackets in policy that would cost $22.5bn; Coles faces fines after court defeat

The Guardian - AU

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Coalition's bracket creep plan to cost tens of billions

The coalition's economic plan for Australia would hand back more money to workers by indexing tax rates to inflation at a cost of tens of billions of dollars.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments

Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget reply.

The Conversation

Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has committed a Coalition government to phase in income tax indexation under a “tax back guarantee” that he says “will fully protect all taxpayers from inflation”.

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor vows to index tax brackets to inflation in $22.5bn budget reply measure

Indexation would start in 2028-29 with the two lower tax brackets for workers earning under $135,000

AAP

Taylor faces 'strategic error' in seizing on migration

Angus Taylor is set to face one of his biggest challenges as opposition leader when he hands down his budget reply amid a growing challenge from One Nation.

The Conversation

A Coalition government would restrict access to welfare payments to Australian citizens

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says a Coalition government would restrict access to welfare benefits to Australian citizens.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Coalition ties immigration intake to housing build, Trump in China, farewell to rent-vesting?

Angus Taylor to outline signature plan to restrict entries in line with supply of homes

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