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Resources minister, Madeleine King, has reiterated that the government has “no plans” to change the stage 3 tax cuts.
She stuck closely to the government line in her Sky News interview, noting that the tax cuts were already legislated. But she said there was a “conversation going in the community” and it was “ok to have an open conversation” about tax and budget issues.
If they fail to do that, the government always has other levers.
Not at all – we’re working together to the same ends.
If they’re not financially able to stand on their own two feet, there shouldn’t be government injection of cash into them – that does not make sense, especially in these constrained times.