The federal budget’s failure to fund adult remedial math will surely hurt the future prospects of Labor MP Joanne Ryan.
Ryan, who was a school principal before succeeding Julia Gillard in the seat of Lalor, could do with some maths tutoring after last night tweeting her outrage at the government’s budget.
“Someone earning $45,000 will pay the same amount of tax as someone on $120,000” she bewailed.
It was difficult to know whether the Opposition Whip’s tweet was embarrassingly mistaken or willfully deceitful.
A federal politician should know the difference between the rate of tax and the amount of tax.
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