Australia PM vows to introduce bill to reshape tax cuts within weeks


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  • Saturday, 27 Jan 2024

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media at Downing Street in London, Britain May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his centre-left government would soon legislate changes to planned tax cuts set to trim benefits to the wealthy while giving low-income earners more breaks, as many Australians battle higher living costs.

"We'll introduce the legislation in coming weeks when parliament resumes," Albanese told reporters in the New South Wales town of Orange. Federal parliament resumes on Feb. 6.

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