Greens leader Adam Bandt will detail his Robin Hood-style plan for a supersized tax to target big business in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday.
WATCH LIVE: Greens leader Adam Bandt unveils 'Robin Hood' tax plan to target private sector at National Press Club
Mr Bandt has claimed the government has the power to tackle cost of living, the housing crisis and the energy market but chooses not to. He announced the first of these measures would be the “big corporations’ tax” targeting “excessive profits” by big businesses. The Greens have also sought to tax coal and other mining industries as well as reform the gas tax to further raise revenues.
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