Bill Kelty’s tax reform comments cast a harsh light on Labor’s lack of ambition

The Labor heavyweight and union legend says young Australians increasingly feel economic policy is rigged against them. But will Jim Chalmers step up? Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The first day of the Greens’ parliamentary inquiry into the capital gains tax was dominated by a bloke in his late 70s imploring parliamentarians to show “unequivocally that they’re on the side of young people”. Not just any bloke, of course, but Bill Kelty: union legend, co-architec...

By Patrick Commins