Victorian Treasurer's China comments spark outrage among federal colleagues. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. "Update My Details" button. "We should be damn proud as a nation that we led the world in not only on understanding what the WHO has done, but understanding what wildlife wet markets' role is in these pandemics," he said. Don't have an account? Assistant Secretary of the ACTU 1994-99. 3AW, like other mainstream media, did not report on the rumour as its origins seemed dubious at best. Due to travel restrictions, he is currently based in Canberra. "And I think if people are going to play the blame game, we should blame the wrongdoer, and not the victim.". Sign up to The Sydney Morning Herald’s newsletter here and The Age’s here. "Particularly at a time when we need to be seen to be pulling together to display unity in dealing with what is thuggish behaviour by an authoritarian regime against one of our key export products.". Federal Labor MPs have sharply criticised Tim Pallas for suggesting Australia had vilified China by pursuing an independent coronavirus inquiry, after the … additional information. Treasurer Tim Pallas has responded to a bizarre rumour he is mounting a tilt against Daniel Andrews for Victorian politics top job after the viral circulation of a hoax text message on social media. Your account has been created and you now have access to listen live, watch live, competitions and other benefits. Your profile has been updated successfully. At a post-budget lunch last week, Mr Pallas was quizzed by a journalist on why it was fair to tax someone who, for example, had saved for decades to buy a hi-spec LandCruiser. 3AW – Melbourne’s favourite news and talk station. In last month’s state budget, he increased the duty on luxury cars valued upward of $100,000 from July 1, which is expected to raise $260 million. "I don’t suppose it will come as a surprise to anybody that this was a consequence of the way that the federal government had conducted themselves," he said. “So the fact that we are in the process of looking at what vehicles appropriately fit the safety and the efficiency guidelines that we set as a government is really a demonstration of their failure to do their job in government.”. Last week it was also revealed he offloaded his Westpac BlueChip20 fund, which included shares in Transurban, the toll road giant in line to haul in billions from its deal with the state government to build the West Gate Tunnel.