Treasurer Jim Chalmers has claimed the Greens' 'Robin Hood' tax plan for large corporations is purely"designed to get attention", dismissing the minor party's wild proposal.The Greens’ ‘Robin Hood’ tax plan to target"obscene" profits from big businesses was “designed to get attention”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers told Sky News on Wednesday.
Mr Chalmers was asked his thoughts on the Greens’ plan and whether Labor would adopt them, with the Treasurer panning it during an interview with Sky News’ Kieran Gilbert.“That’s not our policy, that’s a Greens policy designed to get attention,” he said. The Greens currently hold the balance of power in the Senate and it is looking to increase its representation in the lower house at the next election.
“There are at least five new seats across the country, where we believe we are in with a strong chance,” Mr Bandt said at the National Press Club on Wednesday. This could be crucial to the party’s influence during the next government as current polling suggests Labor may form a minority government at the next federal election.
Mr Bandt made the case for his major tax plan during an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday where he positioned the Greens as the party to take on the cost of living crisis, high rent prices and soaring energy costs.“Not only have Labor refused to take on the big corporations and billionaires, they can't even bring themselves to point out the role that big corporations have played in causing the cost of living crisis.