Ka taƙaita labarin:  Tsohon Sakataren Baitulmalin Peter Costello ya harbe gwamnatin Abbott da mummunar lahani makwanni kaɗan daga kasafin kudin ta na biyu, yana mai bayyana tsarin da take bi game da haraji a matsayin 'abin dariya na rashin lafiya'. Tun lokacin da gwamnati ta fitar da takardar tattaunawar haraji da ke kira ga tsarin 'ƙananan, mafi sauƙi, mafi adalci' babu wani abu sai dai shawarwari don haraji waɗanda suka fi girma, mafi rikitarwa da ƙarancin tattalin arziki, tsohon mai ba da kuɗi na Liberal a cikin wani ra'ayi a cikin Daily Telegraph. 'Kadan, mafi sauki, mafi adalci yana kama da wasa mai ban dariya,' in ji Mista Costello a ranar Talata, yana mai ambaton harajin ajiyar banki da aka gabatar da kuma turawa don ƙarin gudummawa daga kamfanonin ƙasashe da yawa. Peter Costello ya soki gwamnatin Abbott, inda ya bayyana yadda take kula da haraji a matsayin 'abin dariya' Ba a burge mai ba da kuɗi Joe Hockey da sukar Costello ba, yana nadama cewa magabacinsa na Liberal yana da ƙarin kuɗin haraji don amfani da shi a lokacin shekarun gwamnatin Howard. 'Gwamnati na bukatar sake fara tattaunawa game da rage haraji, ba kara ba.' Ya kuma soki Labor da Greens, yana cewa yin amfani da tsarin haraji don sake rarraba kudaden shiga zai kama Australiya a cikin talauci. "Tsarin haraji yana nan don tara kudaden gwamnati a mafi ƙarancin farashi a hanya mafi inganci da yin mafi ƙarancin lahani ga tattalin arzikin". Ba a burge Baitulmalin Joe Hockey ba game da sukar Costello, yana nadama gaskiyar cewa magajinsa na Liberal yana da ƙarin kuɗin haraji don amfani da shi a cikin shekarun gwamnatin Howard. 'Idan ina da kudaden shiga kamar yadda yake da shi, to, zan sami karin dala biliyan 25 a kowace shekara don kashewa a kan abubuwa,' in ji shi Sky News daga New York, yana nuna kawar da harajin carbon da hakar ma'adinai. 'Kowa na da damar bayar da shawara kyauta kuma a gaskiya, wannan shine abin da yake da daraja - shawara ce ta kyauta. Gwamnatin Abbott za ta gabatar da kasafin kudinta na biyu a ranar 12 ga watan Mayu. Mataimakin Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin Josh Frydenberg ya yaba wa Mista Costello a matsayin'mai daraja' tsohon ma'aikacin baitulmalin, amma ya ce gwamnati ta rage yawan harajin da ake karba kuma an rage harajin kananan kamfanoni. 'Ina ba da shawarar cewa mutane su daina...
Peter Costello ya soki alƙawarin gwamnati don 'ƙananan, mafi sauƙi, mafi adalci' haraji. Tsohon mai ba da kuɗin ya nuna sabon harajin banki na Joe Hockey da Josh Frydenberg na turawa don samun kudaden shiga daga kamfanonin kasa da kasa. Mista Hockey ya mayar da martani ga Mista Costello, yana cewa yana fatan yana da kudaden haraji wanda tsohon mai ba da kuɗin ya samu lokacin da Coalition ya kasance a mulki.