‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?

The Greens want to introduce an abhorrent death tax renamed a 'dynastic tax'

The Greens don’t want you to succeed. They want to take your money so they can turn Australia into a socialist nightmare. Labor’s plans aren’t far behind them. It’s a case of the Mensheviks (who wanted to use legal trade union means to socialism) versus the Bolsheviks (who wanted to overthrow the state).

But as Adam Bandt has indicated, he looks forward to a ‘golden era of reform’ in minority government where the Greens’ stated policy priority will be to take ‘action on negative gearing and [the] capital gains tax discount’.

Can we be sure Labor will reject the Greens’ plans?

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy is worried that the Greens will bring back death taxes. They’ve renamed the policy, of course, referring to it as ‘the implementation of tax on dynastic wealth’ – but it sounds like grave robbing to me.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, ‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?

MICHAEL DE PERCY | "The Greens don’t want you to succeed. They want to take your money so they can turn Australia into a socialist nightmare. Labor’s plans aren’t far behind them.https://t.co/g6fcHVSplY

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) April 21, 2025

Bracket creep and soft economists

Is Australia so ‘unique’ because lefties dominate the education system, academia, and the media?

The Albanese government reduced the Stage 3 tax cuts that were designed to address some the burden of bracket creep. The trouble is bracket creep is built into our progressive tax system. Unless something is routinely legislated to fix it, bracket creep happens systemically. Labor sent that plan backwards.

Instead, Labor has focused on the unjustifiable figure of $600 billion they made-up as a costing for the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy while denying that their ‘cheapest form of energy’ isn’t cheap at all. Their promised $275 energy saving was grossly wrong, and energy prices keep going up and will continue to do so under Labor.

Where are the economists? In my opinion, they must all be Labor supporters who are staying mum.

My lates in The Spectator Australia, Bracket creep and soft economists.

MICHAEL DE PERCY | "Where are the economists? In my opinion, they must all be Labor supporters who are staying mum."

I am beginning to think Australia is so ‘unique’ because lefties dominate the education system, academia, and the media.https://t.co/VPEjyBz18i

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) April 20, 2025

Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!

There's plenty of evidence to support the Uniparty thesis, but a second Labor term will destroy us.

The Coalition may not be in its best shape, but when they were in power, most Australians were better off. We keep hearing about how Albo inherited all this debt and deficit, but it’s nonsense. By the time Albo moved into the Lodge, prices were already going up. As he lifted wages for unionised sectors, the false economy showed low unemployment (mostly government jobs) but inflation kept going up. One interest rate cut went straight into ever-increasing power bills. Nobody is better off.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!