Published: April 08, 2019
The government hopes to convert the offer of tax cuts into votes, but a cynical electorate just sees it as another photo-op
For all the complexity of the budget papers and pious theatre of the lock up, the Morrison government’s final throw of the political dice had a single objective: converting tax cuts into votes.
With enthusiastic amplification from its legates in the Murdoch press the “cash splash” would blind a disillusioned electorate who, devoid of any greater sense of purpose, would settle for “tax relief” (as it is so odiously framed in conservative quarters).
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