CANBERRA, ACT, May 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
RAF EPSTEIN, HOST:Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister of Australia, at the end of a big week in Australian politics. Good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. Good to be with you.
EPSTEIN: Thank you for joining us. If I'm saving for a house deposit by investing in shares, you've just increased my taxes on the deposit I'm trying to build. Is that fair?
PRIME MINISTER:What we just did, Raf, was to change the system so that you will take account of real gains. That was a system that was there before 1999, and it is a common-sense thing. So, you only get taxed on your gains after inflation. And that's a sensible thing to do bec...