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Stephen Long

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Award-winning journalist. Fmr Senior fellow @TheAusInstitute. Fmr senior reporter @4Corners, economics specialist @ABCnews and staff writer for AFR & SMH.
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Is this an ambitious budget?

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By Stephen Long
| The Saturday Paper Verified
It’s the word no one dared to mention, but Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget puts class back at the centre of politics. At its core is a deliberate effort to shift the tax system in favour of workers and away from people who make passive income from owning assets. In the treasurer’s words, “to rebalance a system which is more generous to assets than it is to labour”.
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Welcome to war-flation

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By Stephen Long
| The Saturday Paper Verified
News While in 2024 US President Donald Trump won votes off the back of falling living standards and rising prices, his current war against Iran is creating a far worse economic storm. By Stephen Long. A Thai bulk carrier is hit by Iranian fire in the Strait of Hormuz. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn Donald Trump won the United States presidency for the second time in 2024 by harnessing working-class and middle-class discontent about rising prices and falling living standards.
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Super tax dissent shows just how out of touch the Coalition is

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By Stephen Long
| The New Daily Verified
Predictably, the Liberal Party is opposing reforms that would reduce tax concessions on money made from superannuation balances above $3 million. But its stance is out of touch with the public mood. Polling conducted by YouGov for the Australian Institute shows that twice as many people support the federal government’s proposed changes as oppose them.
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