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to claim the increased taxation will contribute to inflation, but Swan argued that the tax will affect only high income-earners, dispelling any "custodian" line of attack. Heavy spending by the states had been inefficient at managing past underinvestment on infrastructure, and "the conduct of
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payments. A day after the Budget's release, the government promised a future inquiry into carer and pensioner payments and asserted that the pensions will increase after a specialised review.
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55 billion
Working Families Support Package" that "strengthens Australia's economic foundations, and delivers for working families under pressure" from increasingly high
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Total spending was cut, following on from gradual cuts of nearly 2% of GDP over the decade of the Howard government. Changes to taxation prompted then Shadow
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expansionary monetary policies will be less complicated" as a result of the new reform agenda to avoid (
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joining the coalition in blocking the budget legislation. It had been supported by the government, the
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arguing that consumers of alcopop will switch to other drinks, such as
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One man blows $ 555m hole in budget over luxury car tax: SMH 4/9/2008
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Mitchell, Alan (14 May 2008). "It's clever, but is it just a trick".
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Luxury car tax bill passes Senate: The Age 24/9/2008
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22:Australian federal budget 2008–09
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634:from the original on 15 May 2008
531:Maiden, Samantha (15 May 2008).
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515:The Australian Financial Review
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176:2008 Australian federal budget
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929:May 2008 events in Australia
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450:. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
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713:Australian federal budget
328:coal pollution mitigation
180:Australian financial year
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26:
924:2008 government budgets
48:Parliament of Australia
654:"Carer budget inquiry"
330:technology, while the
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68:Australian Labor Party
402:Australian Government
196:first Rudd government
378:Economy of Australia
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812:Morrison Government
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914:Australian budgets
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