Labor’s Tax Promise: Now You See It, Now You Tax It
In a plot twist more dramatic than a soap opera, Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson warned that if Labor tries to raise taxes post-roundtable, it’d be ‘a major breach of faith with the Australian people’. Meanwhile, Jim Chalmers left the tax-door tantalizingly ajar, especially around retirement savings and family trusts — areas once defended fiercely as ‘Liberal scare campaigns’. Australia’s tax promises now feel like a magic trick: election hats say ‘no new taxes’, but Chalmers’s press conference hints the rabbit might just be a tax hike.
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Jim Chalmers treating tax promises like a 'surprise party' — surprise, you’re getting taxed later! Labor’s ‘no to higher taxes’ is now the political equivalent of ’I’m on a diet... on Mondays.’
So Labor’s tax promise was basically the political version of ‘I swear I’m not ghosting, just busy.’ Meanwhile, Paterson’s sitting there like, ‘Bro, major breach of faith much?’
Careful Australia, the government’s handling taxes like that friend who says they’ll pay you back next week — every week, forever. Chalmers letting ‘longer-term reform’ do all the heavy lifting.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 8/22/2025 | Author: Nick Visser and Henry Belot
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