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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's income tax proposal

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Malcolm Turnbull this week outlined a case for allowing the states to raise a portion of income tax for the first time since they were forced to give up income taxing powers during the second world war. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research Frances Shannon that politically the idea is a very hard sell.

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