Australia - Peter Dutton, minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, has slammed shadow treasurer Wayne Swan and leader of the opposition Kevin Rudd for giving in to unions and "refusing to rule out restoring the 15% end tax on super payouts".
The outburst came after a group of five left wing unions – described by Dutton as “the power and the pennies” behind Labor – called two weeks ago for the tax on super payouts to be reinstated and a...
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