Australian Government Faces Questions on Budget Measures

Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government still has explaining to do about measures in this year's federal budget. Plibersek told Channel Seven that a large group of Australians do not yet understand the changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing. She said the government needs to talk to those people and explain the decisions.

The government limited negative gearing to new home builds and replaced the capital gains tax discount with a 30 per cent minimum tax rate. These measures were announced in last week's federal budget. Polling in the Nine newspapers showed many Australians remain undecided about the changes.

Newspoll found that 47 per cent of people surveyed believe the federal budget is bad for the Australian economy.

Albanese joined Triple M Hobart on commercial radio. He was asked about domestic and family violence after two women were killed in Tasmania over the weekend. Albanese said the government has allocated $100 million in the Housing Australia Future Fund for emergency housing.

"Money is important, but it's not enough. We need to change attitudes. We need to say and declare as a society one woman being subjected to violence is one too many," Albanese said. One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said the government is finding it hard to explain the budget because it lied about not changing negative gearing and capital gains tax before the last election.