Prick up your ears: Claims of arrogance can reveal a bigger story |
Prick up your ears: Claims of arrogance can reveal a bigger story
May 28, 2026 — 6:30pm
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The adrenaline must not have worn off after Wednesday’s State of Origin classic when MPs rolled into question time.
After the Coalition got under Anthony Albanese’s skin earlier this month when asking about his use of negative gearing, the PM managed to goad the fired-up opposition leader at Thursday’s question time.
Albanese said that for many MPs it “might be the last time” they got to vote on an income tax proposal. His suggestion was that many of his opponents would be wiped out by One Nation, or Labor, at the next election.
“Arrogant prick,” Taylor said in an off-mic comment across the desk separating the pair, according to Labor frontbenchers who told this masthead what they heard. Taylor withdrew the comment.
Speaking later on ABC TV, Albanese said he didn’t want to make a big deal of it. But, he said, “people swearing across the chamber isn’t appropriate.”
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