SUNRISE host Samantha Armytage was shut down by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a blown-over conspiracy theory about Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s wife’s necklace.
Armytage also attempted to take on the country’s leader during a heated discussion about the big four banks.
Mr Turnbull was heard saying “just let me go on” after the 40-year-old interrupted him while he attempted to explain his government’s recent budget.
“You’ve said repeatedly over the last few days that, ‘Better times are ahead.’ Average Australians are getting hit with taxes, banks and Medicare levies to come, high school fees, increased uni fees — ah why should we be happy?” Armytage asked Mr Turnbull today.
“They are the most profitable banks in the world,” he added during the conversation about consumers switching to smaller banks.
“Yes — we know that. But they got their way by being pretty ruthless so it concerns me and all Australians that they will do that again in this scenario,” Armytage interjected.
Turnbull responded: “Well this is a very fair contribution that (the banks) are making and if they try to take it out on their customers, their customers will react very negatively towards them and they find those customers leaving.”
Armytage then confronted Mr Turnbull about Shorten’s wife Chloe, who wore a gold jacket and a necklace during Shorten’s Budget Reply Speech.
“I want to get your thoughts on this Prime Minister — throughout the speech she removed the necklace,” she said.
Conspiracy theories from Coalition MPs have suggested she removed the necklace in a bid to avoid looking like a tax-avoiding millionaire, which Shorten was attacking.
A broken clasp has since been revealed as the reason she took the necklace off.
But Mr Turnbull didn’t engage in the question from Armytage after dismissing it by saying: “No I don’t know, I was paying attention to the speech.”
Source: Sunrise host Samantha Armytage takes on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull | Perth Now
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