The Treasurer has accused the Greens of “confected outrage” after the Woolworths chief was threatened with jail during a senate inquiry.
Jim Chalmers has slammed a threat to jail the Woolworths chief executive as “ confected outrage ” that is detracting from the issue at hand.
Senator McKim, who chairs the senate probe into supermarket prices, warned Mr Banducci that he could be in contempt of the senate if he refused to answer legitimate questions, publishable by up to six months imprisonment.Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci was grilled by senators on Tuesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
On Wednesday, Jim Chalmers blasted Senator McKim for putting on a show for the cameras, adding that the Senate “hasn’t jailed anyone before, and I don’t think they’re about to”. “We think the best way to get at these real issues, which are genuinely felt as people are under pressure around the country, is to do it in a methodical and considered way and to get real change and take real action.Treasurer Jim Chalmers slammed Senator McKim over his ‘confected outrage’. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles
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