Stage three changes aimed ‘directly and squarely’ at those ‘doing it tough’: Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken on his government’s stage three tax cut changes, which are aimed “directly and squarely” at “middle Australia who are doing it tough”. The prime minister is in Orange in the New South Wales Central Tablelands, speaking on the changes to the stage three tax cuts as he tries to garner support before a stoush in the Senate. “We stand by this package, which stands by itself as a good thing to do to ensure that every Australian gets a tax cut, not just some, and, overwhelmingly, the benefit goes to middle Australia,” Mr Albanese said at a press conference on Saturday. “We have now – as a result of the declarations of the deputy leader of the Liberal Party – two positions [that] the Senate and other members will get to vote on. “We will continue to do as we do measures to assist people who are vulnerable Australians. “What we have targeted here is middle Australia – middle Australia who are doing it tough, those middle-class working families who have done it tough because of rising inflation and the cost of living. “This program is aimed directly and squarely at them.”