The media is outraged over Labor’s broken promise, but this is to be expected. Their plans were only decided a few days ago and until then there were no plans as such, just a vague idea that the tax cuts were wrong for a whole lot of reasons. Of course, until he does, he’ll have “the full support” of the club President and nobody will call this a broken promise, just a broken contract! Suffice to say that sometimes there are good reasons for breaking a promise; other times the promise was cynical and without intention. Yes, if the Senate reject the tax cuts and reject them again in May, then the government would have the right to call a double dissolution.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2024 03:41 UTC