Treasurer Joe Hockey says he does not care about personal criticism that he is out of touch with the Australian community, declaring he is just presenting facts about poor peoples use of cars. Coalition backbenchers and the Opposition have taken Mr Hockey to task after he claimed poorer Australians would not be hit by increases to the fuel tax because the poorest people either dont have cars or actually dont drive very far in many cases. ABC News | ab.co/1ovE6mw
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:15 +0000
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