Labor homes in on Coalition's budget tax offer for lower income workers

Chris Bowen says Labor’s proposals would give workers earning less than $40,000 a larger rebate

Labor has taken issue with the centrepiece of the Morrison government’s budget, declaring the Coalition’s proposed tax rebate for workers on low and middle incomes gives a smaller tax cut to two million Australians earning less than $40,000.

Pointing to the direction of Thursday’s budget reply from Bill Shorten, the shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen, said the government’s proposal, which gives voters on incomes between $50,000 and $90,000 a rebate of $1,080 if the Coalition wins in May, was less generous to workers on incomes below $40,000 than Labor’s offering.

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