Crossbenchers urge Labor to have ‘courage’ on changes to resources tax and stage-three tax cuts

David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Dai Le support revamping taxes to raise more revenue to address cost-of-living crisis

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Influential crossbench parliamentarians have called on Labor to toughen up the petroleum resource rent tax and redistribute stage-three tax cuts to raise revenue to alleviate the cost of living.

The independent senator David Pocock and MPs Monique Ryan and Dai Le have called for more courage" on tax reform, with all three supporting revamping the stage-three tax cuts aimed at middle and high income earners.

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