'Astonishing': Labor's decision to spend $40m to promote stage three tax cut changes criticised

Sky News host Rita Panahi has criticised the Labor government over their decision to spend $40 million on a campaign promoting its changed stage three tax cuts.

Labor on Wednesday revealed during questioning at the Senate Economics Committee it had planned to spend the huge sum over two years to sell the public on the tax restructuring.

“This is using our money to sell us their policies this is straight just political advertising to try to dress this up as some sort of information campaign because, at the end of the day, these tax cuts are applied whether you want them or not or whether you seek them or not,” Ms Panahi said.

'astonishing': labor's decision to spend $40m to promote stage three tax cut changes criticised

‘Astonishing’: Labor’s decision to spend $40m to promote stage three tax cut changes criticised

“This is something that will just hit your pay packet and some of you will get less than you were expecting because of the broken promise, some of you will get a little more and that’s it.

“So why do you need to have this messaging rammed down your throat at your expense, when there’s absolutely nothing for Australians to do as far as the implementation of this policy.”

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