Daily Media Wrap: It’s a fairly plain bowl of muesli in this morning’s media coverage, with Mark Latham adding the prerequisite nuts to yesterday’s campaign trail mix and a dollop of tax policy to taste.
Tax policy
Fast food fat tax
Will a planned US tax on fast food actually have an impact on obesity levels? Or will it just make food more expensive to those with little cash?
Why bras should be tax deductible (and more)
Women face a brutal choice: which would you prefer to see shrivel - your ovaries or your super nest egg? It’s time for tax policy to help make things easier for women, argues Jessica Irvine.
Voodoo tax policy on alcopops
The Federal Government introduces a surprise tax rise, and actually gets applauded for it, writes Bernard Keane.
Rudd plays both PM and opposition leader on tax
Despite signalling a willingness to pursue a “root and branch” review of the taxation system, the PM pre-emptively ruled out reconsidering the GST rate, writes Bernard Keane.
