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Labor's alternate budget plan

ALP leader Bill Shorten is promising to almost double tax cuts for low- and middle-income Australians if Labor wins the next election.

Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Labor can promise voters almost double the coalition's tax cuts. (AAP) Source: AAP

LABOR'S ALTERNATE BUDGET PLAN

* Tax refunds worth $928 a year for people earning up to $90,000

* $2.8 billion hospitals fund to improve emergency departments and waiting lists

* Extra money for prosecutors to follow up the banking royal commission

* Funding for a national anti-corruption commission

* Restoring Sunday penalty rates

* Uncap university places to open up spots for 200,000 graduates

* Investment in public TAFEs, with more places and campus renovations

* More MRI machines to provide 500,000 more scans over four years

* Tax incentives for companies investing in productivity

* More money for public schools

* Require federal infrastructure projects to employ Australian apprentices.

SOURCE: Labor


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By Justin Sungil Park

Source: AAP




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