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BERNARD KEANE | FEDERAL| 9

Turnbull boldly blows himself up — but with whose help?

Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal for state income taxes has come to a screeching halt 48 hours after it emerged. And that’s the best case scenario for the Prime Minister.

JOSH TAYLOR | FEDERAL| 1

Turnbull ditches income tax plan after states revolt

So much for Turnbull’s latest bizarre tax thought bubble.

BERNARD KEANE | FEDERAL| 15

Like some ice for that burn, Arthur?

Arthur Sinodinos wants the NSW Electoral Commission to retract its statement about how the NSW Liberal Party hid donations. The Commission has less than politely rejected the request.

MYRIAM ROBIN | PAYWALL| 3

And then there were none: Fairfax’s last broadsheet goes ‘compact’, with staff to go

Staff at The Canberra Times have so far been spared Fairfax’s extreme cost-cutting measures, but they knew their time was coming.

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Three other areas for the states to manage (and two to give to the feds)

If the federal government wants to empower the states to collect income tax, perhaps it should also give them responsibility for other areas.

BERNARD KEANE | FEDERAL| 14 UNLOCK?

Turnbull might have just handed Shorten the election

The Turnbull government has announced a major reform without even doing the basic co-ordination to deliver its message properly. And it could cost it an election.

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Tips and rumours

Erica in a snit … we pity the fool … chocolatey disclosure …

WILLIAM BOWE | PAYWALL| 3 UNLOCK?

Not all quiet on the Western front: why WA should be giving Mal nightmares

Yes, there have been a lot of high-profile retirements from WA Labor recently. But the Liberals have significant cause for worry in the west.

JASON MURPHY | PAYWALL| 5 UNLOCK?

Is states raising income tax progressive or conservative? Yes.

Malcolm Turnbull’s plan to give the states power to raise income taxes is not necessarily progressive — but it’s not necessarily conservative, either.

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