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Opportunity Goes Begging With Coalition’s Rollover on Tax Cuts

Breaking a promise can be electoral poison for a government, that’s if, the opposition uses it properly.
Opportunity Goes Begging With Coalition’s Rollover on Tax Cuts
Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor speak during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 6, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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Break tax promises and you break the trust of the electorate, and once trust is gone there is no road back.

Eric Abetz
Eric Abetz
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The Hon. Eric Abetz was an Australian Liberal Party senator from 1994-2022. He has held several cabinet positions and served on parliamentary committees examining Electoral Matters, Native Title, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, as well as Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
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