Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has failed to explain if Australians who own multiple homes will receive multiple $300 discounts on energy bills announced in the federal budget. included in yesterday's budget.But today it is causing the government a political headache over whether people owning more than one home will receive multiple $300 discounts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was tackled about owners of multiple properties receiving multiple energy relief payments. (Today)Today presenter Karl Stefanovic pressed Albanese this morning whether wealthy Australians who own more than one property, such as mining magnate Gina Reinhart, needed the energy price relief. But the Prime Minister this morning struggled to explain the issue."Well, this is household bill relief of $300 for every household, every household gets it," he said.In pictures: The federal budget newspaper front pagesView GalleryHe failed to clarify whether people owning holiday or rental homes would receive multiple discounts.Treasurer Jim Chalmers said energy bill relief will go to the person whose name is on the power bill.WINNERS AND LOSERS: Who benefits and who's hard done by?
From July 1, Australians will receive an energy rebate of $300. (Nine)He said energy companies don't have enough information to "slice and dice" the energy discounts."They don't have the information, on people's incomes," he said."And so we'd have to design and create a whole new system which would take longer and take money and take, a lot of effort .. instead is we're providing this energy bill relief to every household."
