Aussie comedian fires up over government ‘money wasting’

An unexpected voice has joined the growing chorus of business owners slamming the federal government’s latest budget.

Comedian and radio host, Dave Hughes, went viral after unleashing on the Prime Minister and Treasurer online over changes to the Capital Gains Tax, calling for an election to replace them with a party that will look out for the average Aussie and their future.

Dave Hughes fires up over Federal Budget. Today

“Guys, they lied to Australia and you cannot do that,” Hughes told Today.

“This has cost the whole country so much money already, the housing market has tanked, they’ve cost every Australian who owns a home probably 15 per cent of their housing value, you can’t lie about that Jim and Albo, you can’t do that.”

He called the actions of the Albanese government an “absolute disgrace” and said the economy will fall because of it.

“The people in charge of our country are idiots, they treat our money like they found it in a sack by the river and they’ve gotta spend it before someone finds out,” he said.

“The Federal Government is $1 trillion in debt, I get on planes and I walk past them and they are all in business class because they couldn’t care less about being $1 trillion in debt… it’s not their money… what do they care?”

With online polls hinting Hughes would make a good addition to One Nation, he told Today he was reluctant to affiliate himself with any particular political party, he just wants whoever is in charge to stop spending money “like drunken sailors”.

“It actually affects everyone because hardworking people have to earn that money and you take half off them and blow it on absolute rubbish, it’s annoying,” he said.

“We are sick of them stealing our money and for first homebuyers, I heard Albo on the radio yesterday and he said they don’t have to be citizens to take advantage of the first homebuyers scheme, because some countries don’t allow dual citizenship, so basically there are over 50,000 people bidding against AUstralians at auctions, who don’t want to give up citizenship of their home country and he has given them our money to buy houses in Australia.

“I am happy for you to stay here, or if you want to go home you can go home, but you are not getting our money to buy houses here… that’s insane.”

PM defends tax plan, says change needed to fend off ‘opportunism’

Last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended breaking an election promise to deliver changes to the capital gains tax and negative gearing during his address at Sky News’ Economic Outlook in Sydney, saying he could not stand by and watch young people fail to get into the housing market.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised the rise of populist parties at Sky News’ Economic Outlook in Sydney. Sky News

“The election campaign, we had an ambitious agenda. We put that forward,” he said this afternoon.

“And then we’ve changed our position.”

Albanese said his tax reform was partly made in the context of issues facing mainstream political parties in Western democracies, namely populism, and reiterated that governments cannot stand still.

“What’s not ideal is to see the rise of populism, whether of the left or the right, and opportunism without answers,” he said.

“Whether it be One Nation, and the increasing blurring of the lines between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the Greens political party on the other extreme.

“That essentially was the theme of the speech, and that is in part the context of these decisions that are made.

“It’s a political judgment that I make, that if government stands still, the world will go past them, and if you look at some of the issues which being confronted by mainstream political parties in Western democracies, what you are seeing is the rise of populism.”

Albanese said while he was not critical of voters who are sending a message, he was critical of the leaders of the parties.

“If people think the economy isn’t working for them, and they’re working their guts out, and they’re not getting opportunity, they will turn to more simplistic, grievance-based politics,” he said.

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson addressing the Senate earlier this month. Getty

Australians have been increasingly leaning towards independents and minor parties with the cohort winning more than a third, or 33.6 per cent, of the primary vote in last year’s federal election.

This was almost two per cent more than the Coalition and one per cent less than Labor.

Following the government’s once-in-a-century tax changes announced last month, and the criticism it incurred, Labor lost some of the momentum it gained at the election and slumped in the polls.

Source: https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/today-show/aussie-comedian-fires-up-over-government-money-wasting-20260611-p605qw.html