The prime minister’s tall-risk strategy aimed to reframe the debate approximately revenue but left states with no new answers Malcolm Turnbull’s short-lived state income tax procedure is looking a lot like a tactic to recast the central debate of the 2016 election campaign – does Australia need to raise more revenue?Facing the final reckoning for Tony Abbotts 2014 budget decision to cut $80bn from projected forward spending on hospitals and schools,and the inevitable blame from state premiers for not stumping up the cash, he grasped for a tall-risk strategy to reframe the conversation.
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Source: theguardian.com