Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has dismissed rumours that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers are usually not getting alongside, saying she doesn’t know the place the hypothesis come from.
Talking on 9’s Right now program, Gallagher mentioned she labored intently with each Albanese and Chalmers and guaranteed that they had been “good mates”.
A lot to debate: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers in November final 12 months.Credit score: Alex Ellinghausen
“They work intently collectively and it’s nice to work with each of them … significantly during the last couple of weeks, we’ve been in every day contact and dealing actually intently collectively on finalising the tax cuts bundle,” she mentioned.
“I don’t know the place the speculations come from, however it’s definitely not true.”
Cameron Milner, a columnist at The Australian newspaper, claimed the pair was not on talking phrases in an article printed yesterday morning. Milner was briefly chief of workers for former Labor chief Invoice Shorten in 2016 and is now director of GXO Methods, a lobbying agency.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.Credit score: Alex Ellinghausen
Gallagher additionally wouldn’t decide to saying there can be no adjustments to unfavorable gearing below the Albanese authorities.
“It’s simply not on our agenda in any respect … we’ve defined why we’ve modified our view on tax, we’ve been upfront with individuals, it has been a change to place. We’ve fronted up, we’ve accepted that, we would like extra tax cuts in additional individuals’s pockets,” she mentioned.