Dr Martin Parkinson slams big business for calling for cut to the corporate tax rate

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated November 28 2014 - 4:14pm, first published 3:59pm
Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson delivers the keynote address at a Committee for Economic Development event in Melbourne. Photo: Josh Robenstone
Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson delivers the keynote address at a Committee for Economic Development event in Melbourne. Photo: Josh Robenstone

Treasury Secretary Dr Martin Parkinson has slammed sections of the business community for repeatedly calling for the federal government to cut the corporate tax rate and increase the GST, saying "a lot of what this debate is about is people saying of government, 'take money from the citizenry at large and give it to me'."