Party vote
Incomes and employment
The price of everything is rising fast, as inflation reaches its highest levels since the 1990s. The cost of living has become a major election issue with all major parties promising a raft of changes to ease the pressure on households. Some focus on increasing incomes through tax cuts or increases to benefits, some focus on reducing prices, while others maintain that the way forward is to reduce regulation to reduce costs on businesses.
Incomes and employment
The price of everything is rising fast, as inflation reaches its highest levels since the 1990s. The cost of living has become a major election issue with all major parties promising a raft of changes to ease the pressure on households. Some focus on increasing incomes through tax cuts or increases to benefits, some focus on reducing prices, while others maintain that the way forward is to reduce regulation to reduce costs on businesses.
Introduce a childcare tax rebate for families earning less than $180,000 per year
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Abolish fair pay agreements
Make the first $30,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Double baseline benefit levels
Make the first $15,000 of income tax free
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Reduce tax on income up to $80,000
Remove GST from fruit and vegetables
Provide two weeks of paid partner's leave
Increase support and expand eligibility for Working for Families payments
Introduce a two-rate income tax system
Increase the retirement age to 67 and index it to life expectancy
Abolish fair pay agreements
Make the first $20,000 of income tax free
Replace Working for Families with child tax credits
Reduce taxes over time
Introduce a weekly income guarantee
Make the first $10,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Compensate people who lost jobs due to Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Hold a select committee inquiry into removing GST from fresh food
Introduce a childcare tax rebate for families earning less than $180,000 per year
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Abolish fair pay agreements
Make the first $30,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Double baseline benefit levels
Make the first $15,000 of income tax free
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Reduce tax on income up to $80,000
Remove GST from fruit and vegetables
Provide two weeks of paid partner's leave
Increase support and expand eligibility for Working for Families payments
Introduce a two-rate income tax system
Increase the retirement age to 67 and index it to life expectancy
Abolish fair pay agreements
Make the first $20,000 of income tax free
Replace Working for Families with child tax credits
Reduce taxes over time
Introduce a weekly income guarantee
Make the first $10,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Compensate people who lost jobs due to Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Hold a select committee inquiry into removing GST from fresh food
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