Taylor blasts Labor's 'widow tax' after government votes against amendments
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Opposition Leader Angus Taylor slams Labor for refusing to back the Coalition's amendments to scrap the controversial "widow tax", accusing the government of targeting grieving families and divorcees to raise revenue. “This is a tax on widows, on divorcees, on victims of family and domestic violence who will lose access to negative gearing that they might otherwise have had,” Mr Taylor told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers. “The government has said they want to fix it; we put an amendment up in the Senate last night and Labor voted against it. I mean, they’re not serious about fixing this. “It’s an egregious tax, and it's one frankly they could have fixed last night, and they chose not to. “They’ve run out of money, so they’re coming after Australians' money.”
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