Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is pretty darn sure of himself. What he wants out of May’s election: a clear mandate to implement Labor’s policy programme. More than any other Labor frontbencher, Mr Bowen is talking up getting that mandate. Most notoriously, he told millions of retirees alarmed by his dividend imputation tax, and therefore their nest eggs, that ‘if you don’t like it, don’t vote for it’.
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