The federal government's amended tax cuts will pass parliament without Labor needing to strike a deal with the Greens, with the Coalition deciding to support the cuts in a partyroom meeting.
  • The government’s tax cuts will pass parliament with the support of the Coalition
  • The federal opposition will attempt to amend the bill but will not stand in the way if that fails
  • The prime minister dared the Coalition to oppose the bill ahead of its introduction
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    The Coalition has agreed at a partyroom meeting to wave through the federal government’s changes to the stage 3 tax cuts.

    The decision means the government will not have to negotiate with the Greens or crossbench to pass the tax cut change through the Senate.

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the government had betrayed the public’s trust and labelled the changes “bad policy”, but the Coalition would support them anyway.

    Speaking ahead of the first sitting day of parliament, Mr Albanese dared the Liberal Party to oppose the changes if its outrage was genuine.

    “If they are fair dinkum, then their response must be to not only oppose what we are putting forward with our legislation we’ll introduce today, but to promise to roll it back,” Mr Albanese said.

    Independent MP Allegra Spender also announced her decision to back the government’s proposed tax cuts, in a sign of how the planned changes had been received in some of Australia’s wealthier electorates.

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