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SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Our chief political correspondent, Laura Tingle , joins me now. Laura, welcome.SARAH FERGUSON: Now back to the conflict in the Middle East. Obviously, the conflict in Gaza has had profound ramifications in domestic politics. What happens to those issues in domestic politics if this conflict does indeed escalate in Lebanon?
SARAH FERGUSON: Coming back to purely domestic politics, the day in Australia began with a story in the Nine newspapers bringing negative gearing, the third rail of Australian politics, back into the political debate. When the Prime Minister was asked about it today, I think he gave an absolutely textbook non-answer but here is that grab just for the audience.
Now what has happened since then, of course, the housing legislation has got stuck in the Senate. The Greens seem to be doing a much better or more aggressive job of wedging Labor on the issue. Certainly, I think you have got to look at both issues, not just negative gearing but that capital gains tax concession, consider the likelihood that they might go for one or the other.
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