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  •   Home > News > Politics

    The Greens want a wealth tax, and to lift companies tax and mining royalties

    The Greens want a wealth tax, and to lift companies tax and mining royalties


    Its alternative Budget would raise 88 billion dollars in new tax revenue over four years -- to fund big-ticket items like free GPs, dentistry, and early childhood education.

    It's proposing a 10-thousand dollar tax-free threshold, and a 2.5 percent wealth tax on net wealth over two million dollars.

    Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says we can make no one goes without and the country should work for regular people.

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