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Evening News: Tax cuts, environment and pomp and ceremony on the agenda for first Parliament sitting

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The pomp and ceremony of the opening of the 46th Parliament will be cut short to debate tax cuts.


Income tax cuts will dominate the first parliamentary sitting since the federal election with the government hoping to convince key crossbench senators to back all three stages of its plan.

The major parties will dispense with convention to allow debate on the Coalition’s $58 billion tax income package to begin Tuesday evening in a week usually reserved for fuss and formalities.

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