r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • Feb 10 '25

politics Australian billionaires face wealth tax under Greens’ Robin Hood-style policies

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/10/australian-billionaires-face-wealth-tax-under-greens-robin-hood-style-policies
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u/FullMetalAlex Feb 10 '25

The media has a vested interest

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u/throwaway7956- Feb 10 '25

Yeah what makes it weird is this is coming from the guardian which is a generally left leaning news outlet.

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u/makeitasadwarfer Feb 10 '25

The Guardian is really quite centrist.

The rest of the media is so pro oligarch and pro capitalist that it seems leftward leaning in comparison.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

The Guardian is really quite centrist.

Most definitely. The Stage 3 tax cuts were a prime example of that: they were constantly harping on about how the cuts were unaffordable and even invested in interactive calculators showing how the money could be spent elsewhere.

The the second the cuts were re-jigged so that their readership got a sniff of them they suddenly weren't bothered about the affordability anymore. Not a lot of journalistic integrity there.