The whiplash-inducing negative gearing debate began with a morning story in the newspapers and ended with the Prime Minister using a report that was once used to attack Labor to defend his position.
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where political correspondent Jake Evans gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.It began with a morning story in the Nine newspapers from a "senior" Labor source that Treasury was modelling changes to the scheme that lets investors claim tax deductions for property expenses.
This morning, Albanese was reversing the car back along the track. He took to the breakfast news programs to explain what his government was not doing. Even if Labor backs away from reforming the tax discount, the Greens and Coalition will continue to run laps on a so-called "secret plan" until voting day — soThe policy that just won't quit is back. Will Labor revisit its 2016 and 2019 election policies?Also bringing a stoic acceptance to the policy debate, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton appears happy to let Energy Minister Chris Bowen speculate on alternative price tags for nuclear power rather than offer his own.
Senator Wong had added that while Hezbollah was undoubtedly a terror group, "even in war, there are rules ... even when engaging a terrorist actor"It was a bumper issue this week for the nation's classic gaudy comic villains: negative gearing, the Reserve Bank and the villainous duo Coles and Woolworths all had a turn.
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