About this episode

The episode discusses Labor's approach to wealth and tax in the Australian budget and the potential backlash it may face.

This week Labor touched the third rail of Australian politics: wealth and tax. Can it survive the backlash?

Topics covered

• wealth gap
• tax policy
• Australian politics
• budget
• economic inequality

Keywords

• Labor
• wealth gap
• tax
• budget
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labor

Places: Australia

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