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Greens propose wealth and inheritance taxes to fund income tax threshold changes

The Greens have proposed new wealth and inheritance taxes to fund raising the income tax-free threshold and introducing a higher tax rate for high earners.

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The Green Party has put forward a policy combining new taxes on wealth and inheritances with changes to income tax. The proposals would raise the tax-free threshold for wage and salary earners to $10,000 and introduce a new higher tax rate for income above $160,000.

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Greens propose wealth, inheritance taxes to fund income tax changes

For wage and salary earners, the party wants to create a new $10,000 tax-free threshold – and add a new higher tax rate on income made over $160,000.

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