The backlash to Labor's federal budget — and its capital gains tax changes — have not slowed down since last week's episode. If anything, it has heated up. The startup sector has been particularly vocal, and Labor ministers are feeling the heat.

We discuss:

• Where the loudest opposition is coming from.
• Why Labor seems to have misjudged what the response was going to be.
• The consultation process, and why a scattershot approach from the startup community might not pay off.
• How the Coalition is going in for the attack under Angus Taylor.
• Why, in the background, biotech and life sciences firms are unhappy about changes to the  refundable R&D tax incentive.
  

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