{"id":26227,"date":"2024-04-22T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26227"},"modified":"2024-04-22T22:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:26:47","slug":"labor-caught-out-being-loose-with-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/labor-caught-out-being-loose-with-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor caught out being loose with the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports today that the Treasurer asked his department for advice on changes to the stage three tax cuts as early as June 2022 raises serious questions about the Albanese Labor Government\u2019s integrity and credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister and Treasurer said on at least 100 occasions they had no plans for changes since the May 2022 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister repeatedly claimed earlier this year that his government only sought advice over the summer break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But FOI documents revealed today suggest the Treasurer sought advice just a couple of weeks after the Albanese Labor Government was sworn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is abundantly clear that Labor says one thing to Australians, while doing the complete opposite behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voters have a right to ask what else the government has been lying about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor said Australians deserve better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an egregious breach of trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Coalition\u2019s stage three tax cuts were part of a broader tax reform package designed to tackle bracket creep. The policy went to two Federal Elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLabor\u2019s changes are literally banking on bracket creep, with Treasury\u2019s own forecasts showing it will cost Australians an extra $28 billion in taxes over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo add insult to injury, the government is spending $40 million of taxpayers\u2019 money on a spin unit to sell its broken promise. It also appears from reports that the government has spent significant taxpayer funds to block FOI requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Coalition is the party of lower, simpler, fairer taxes and we will never stand in the way of tax cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the way Labor has gone about this \u2013 by robbing Peter to pay Paul &#8211; and lying to Australians about it is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports today that the Treasurer asked his department for advice on changes to the stage three tax cuts as early as June 2022 raises serious questions about the Albanese Labor Government\u2019s integrity and credibility. The Prime Minister and Treasurer said on at least 100 occasions they had no plans for changes since the May 2022 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/labor-caught-out-being-loose-with-the-truth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor caught out being loose with the truth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26228,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26227\/revisions\/26228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}