Albanese promises to double tax relief for average income Australians in stage three overhaul

Prime minister to use National Press Club address to defend new plan as the ‘right thing to do’

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

Anthony Albanese has pledged to more than double tax relief for Australians on the average income in a suite of low and middle income tax cuts paid for by trimming benefits to high income earners.

At the National Press Club on Thursday the prime minister will defend Labor’s plan by arguing it will still deliver “a tax cut for every taxpayer” and that modification of the stage-three tax cuts was “the right thing to do” in changed economic circumstances.