This week both the government and the opposition laid out their fiscal plans if they were to win the next election, with both sides promising significant income tax cuts. But given the negative gearing restrictions and removal of the franking credits proposed by Labor and the relatively limited discussion of infrastructure spending from either side, fiscal policy after the election is unlikely to prevent the economic slowdown.
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