Labor caves to the Greens + Is One Nation really for the battler?
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A Listener Production. Hey, Sasha Barbagat with you. Welcome to The Briefing. Politicians have long been vying for the vote of the Aussie battler, the blue-collar worker raising kids and living in the burbs. Increasingly, these voters are turning to One Nation. But is the party really for them?
Yes, 30 years ago, Pauline Hanson did own a fish and chip shop. She's from Ipswich, absolutely. But right now, she is backed by Gina Reinhart. She is, you know, the mouthpiece for a billionaire and she is an extension of the political establishment.
What contentious tax reforms is Labor passing?
That chat is coming up in the second half of this episode. But first, it's time for the headlines with Chris Spirou. On Wednesday the 24th of June, my dad's birthday. Oh, happy birthday. Happy birthday, Paulie.
Morning, Sash and Paul. We start today's headlines in Canberra, where Labor and the Greens have done a deal to pass changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions. The package, which will also include a $250 tax cut for workers from 2028, is set to be voted through Parliament tomorrow. But it comes with two concessions to the Greens in order to get it over the line.
Yeah, one is an exemption to stop self-managed super funds from borrowing money to buy residential investment properties, something known as limited recourse borrowing arrangements, something that Labor had mentioned was a policy in 2019, but then backtracked and now is including it again. So, you know, there was a bit of a throw around that Labor was lying about this. And actually, Angus Taylor got in trouble on the floor of Parliament for using those words. So, Anyway, that's been included because of the Greens. Now, the other concession Labor has had to make is granting an eight-week extension to NDIS reforms, which the Greens have vowed to fight to have scrapped.
They are punching down on people with a disability because they didn't have the guts to raise revenue with a gas export tax or by cancelling AUKUS. Our call is for the Liberal Party to oppose it And our call is for the government to withdraw the bill.
That was the party's leader, Larissa Waters, speaking there.
Yeah, and a reminder, the changes to the NDIS proposed by Labor include limiting eligibility, a move that is set to kick more than 240,000 people off the program, something disability advocates say will cause harm to the community.
The government, though, for now, is sticking by the reforms. The government remains convinced that this is absolutely the right package for the NDIS itself. That was Health Minister Mark Butler there.
Yeah, and meantime, sticking with politics and Angus Taylor, who I mentioned earlier, the opposition leader has copped criticism as well for dancing around a question on whether he supports multiculturalism. Wasn't a good day for Angus Taylor yesterday. It started when he was quizzed on the topic during a press conference.
Do you believe Australia should be a monoculture?
You explain to me what you mean by this.
Now, he was asked, I think, five times at the same press conference and each time said, I've answered that question or no, you know, I don't understand what you're talking about, da-da-da-da. He was then criticised for what he said during that press conference by both the PM and the Treasurer during question time yesterday afternoon.
How about you stand up to One Nation on Sunday? How about you prepare to follow this bloke's leadership and not bend the knee when asked questions like, do you support monoculturalism for Australia?
Not for this side of the house, this rubbish playing footsie with the monoculture language being pushed around by the One Nation party, Mr Speaker.
This is, of course, in relation to Pauline Hanson's comments at the National Press Club last week in which she said multiculturalism has failed and Australia has to be monocultural. Interesting, because I watched parts of this press conference and Angus Taylor was asked the question about multiculturalism. Does he back multiculturalism? Does he support monoculturalism? His answers just generally was like...
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