Taylor goes big in battle to bring Liberal Party back to life

May 14, 2026 — 7:31pm

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All of a sudden, federal parliament has turned into a big betting parlour.

Anthony Albanese’s call to scrap investor tax breaks on Tuesday set off one of the riskiest contests of his prime ministership after years of being labelled timid.

Two days on, Angus Taylor has put up big and contentious ideas on tax and migration.

Taylor lacks the eye-catching style of colleagues including Andrew Hastie and Matt Canavan, so he had few options but to put a few bold ideas up in lights.

Albanese believes his high-taxing, equality-focused budget will inject new energy into his midterm agenda to avoid drifting as he did in his first term. For Taylor, desperate........

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