Not a peep from Their ABC.
Bolt is spot on here.
This would be a huge media scandal - complete with lots of gloating and predictions of last days - if we were talking about Tony Abbott.
But shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is a Labor man, and this will be allowed pass:
Repeatedly pressed by talkback host Alan Jones to outline Australia’s tax levels,
Mr Bowen was unable to identify the $18,200 figure as Australia’s tax-free threshold.
Asked by Jones at what point Australians pay “no tax at all”, Mr Bowen declined to nominate a figure....
Not satisfied with the answer, Jones repeatedly asked: “What is it?"…
Jones eventually gave the shadow treasurer the answer, before berating his credentials as would-be treasurer.
“This is a serious issue. The man wants to be the treasurer of Australia but he doesn’t know the tax thresholds.”
Jones persisted with the issue, asking the NSW MP to identify the percentage of tax paid in the next bracket.
Attempting to shut down the line of questioning, Mr Bowen said: “I’m not going to do a pop quiz with you Alan.”
He then incorrectly nominated 15 per cent as his answer.
“We don’t pay 15, we pay 19 cents in the dollar,” Jones said.
Mr Bowen said he had been referring to the superannuation tax rate, which is 15 per cent.
