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Small business tax should be cut by 5%: Shorten

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imageOpposition leader Bill Shorten has unveiled $350 million of new planned spending under a Labor government. AAP/Lukas Coch

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has called for a bipartisan push to reduce the company tax rate for small business from the budget’s promised 28.5% to 25%.

In his budget reply Shorten also announced initiatives in education...

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