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Labor promises bigger tax cuts for the lowest paid

Labor leader Bill Shorten is promising bigger tax cuts for those earning less than $40,000 a year and billions in health spending if his party wins the May election.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in Parliament.
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will give his budget reply speech on Thursday night. (AAP) Source: AAP

Labor is offering more generous tax cuts for three million of Australia's lowest-paid workers and promising to spend more on health if it wins the next election.

Bill Shorten will use his budget reply speech on Thursday night to lay the foundation for an election campaign fought on fairness and Medicare.

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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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