Rod Sims, who was the chair of the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission until earlier this year, said: “If you want more spent on health care or education, then taxes must rise.”
“Only by raising taxes will we get our debt and deficit under control. I can see no other practical way,” Mr Sims will tell a revenue summit organised by the left-leaning think tank The Australia Institute.
While Mr Sims is calling for government revenue to be increased, he is not calling for the stage 3 tax cuts for higher-income earners to be repealed.
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