Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised ABC radio host Patricia Karvelas for her “not terribly clever questions” during a recent interview about tax reform and interest rates.
Thursday’s 20-minute interview became tense when Karvelas asked Albanese whether he was ruling out changes to capital gains and negative gearing tax rules.
“Well Patricia, I don’t answer… those sorts of questions,” Albanese said. Karvelas interrupted: “You mean good ones? That’s a good question. Are you going to say no to those things or not?”
Albanese said they were “not terribly clever questions.” He added: “You ask all of that. We’re interested in the tax policy that we are implementing, not the ones that we’re not.”
The government’s policy agenda has stagnated this week, as opposition and crossbench senators deferred debate for two months on Labor’s Help to Buy policy, which would allow the government to help poorer Australians buy 40,000 homes.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
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