Today host Karl Stefanovic has clashed with Minister for NDIS Bill Shorten in a sensational three-way panel debate over Labor's proposed changes for Australia's superannuation system, with one interviewee describing the reform as 'class warfare'.
The interview between Stefanovic, Mr Shorten and Australian radio presenter Neil Mitchell, aired on the Today show on Friday morning.
On Thursday, Mr Jones signalled that proposed changes to concessional tax breaks in the nation's superannuation system would target“This is about excessively high superannuation balances… we have got accounts in Australia with in excess of $100 million in them, some well in excess of $10 million and $20 million in them, getting amazing tax concessions, big cost on the budget,” Mr Jones told Sky News Australia on Wednesday.
Mr Shorten soon came under fire from Mitchell, a presenter on Melbourne AM talk-back station 3AW, who described the proposed reform as"class warfare".
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