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former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Next month’s federal budget is an even tighter balancing act than usual, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers facing global economic uncertainty, a fuel crisis and the need to juggle cost-of-living relief with combating inflation.

The government has been weighing up changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax, a gas export tax and cost-saving...

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