Albanese calls Taylor ‘Temu Abbott’ as bitter fight rages over budget tax changes

Greens support needed to pass proposed changes but party concerned it will give government sweeping discretionary powers

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Anthony Albanese has ridiculed Angus Taylor as a “Temu [Tony] Abbott” amid an increasingly bitter fight over tax changes in the budget, as the Greens raise concerns about key provisions of the government’s proposal.

Labor will speed the first tranche of its budget legislation through the lower house on Thursday, and hopes to pass it through the Senate within weeks.