Senate kills tax cuts for big business as Dutton canvasses for second leadership bid
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Senate defeat ends months of wrangling by Senate leader Mathias Cormann to get the tax measure through.AAP/Lukas CochThe government has finally lost its bid to give big companies tax cuts, after the Senate rejected a desperate compromise that would have excluded the big banks.
With the Liberals in free fall over the leadership crisis and Peter...