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This will almost certainly be ignored by the mainstream media.

The Greens have launched a policy to place an annual 10% tax on the net wealth of Australia’s 150 billionaires: #auspol https://greens.org.au/news/greens-will-tax-150-billionaires-part-revenue-plan-fund-dental-medicare-gp-free-and-other-cost

The policy will also place a 10% limit on capital flight in any year. The plan is expected to raise $23 billion over the forward estimates and $50 billion over the decade.

"The Greens today have announced a Parliamentary Budget Office-costed plan to tax Australia’s billionaires, as a new revenue measure in the party’s Robin Hood reforms.

"A core message of the Greens’ plan for minority government is taxing big corporations and billionaires to pay for essential services, including getting dental into Medicare, making it free to see the GP and 50c public transport fares.

"Between 2018 and 2024, during prolonged economic crises, the total wealth of Australia’s billionaires more than doubled to an eye-watering $584.5 billion. A recent Oxfam Australia report revealed Australian billionaires on average made $67,000 per hour last year, over 1,300 times the hourly wage of the average Australian."
LNP will have apoplexy. And of course ALP will not support this, for "reasons". This notwithstanding that billionaires as a class are increasingly hated, not least because of the events in the US and the likelihood that it could happen here if Dutton is elected.

Nice wedge issue for the Greens to run on.