Liberal leader Peter Dutton has doubled down and claimed the Prime Minister and Treasurer are “at war with each other” as he slams the Albanese Government’s “secret hit list” of new taxes.
During a media blitz on Wednesday, Mr Chalmers was repeatedly asked to pledge not to change capital gains tax exemptions on the family home but failed to give a definitive answer.
“The government’s had a shambles of a week, the Prime Minister and the Treasurer are at war with each other,” the Opposition Leader said during a press conference in the seat of Aston on Thursday. “Obviously for months, presumably since they’ve been elected the government’s been working on these new taxes not just on superannuation, but on negative gearing on the family home.”
“Jim Chalmers was rushed back out a couple of hours later to try and tidy up the mess obviously at the prime minister’s urging and it seems today the treasurer has gone to ground.” Those earnings will be taxed double, or 30 per cent, of the existing concessional tax rate of 15 per cent as of 2025.
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