‘He was a great bloke’: Campbell Newman slams Albanese for ‘disappointing’ Australians

Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman has criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for “disappointing” him as he used to think “he was a great bloke” who wanted to get things done. Yesterday, the prime minister unveiled the government’s new tax plan – after dumping the much-promised stage three tax cuts – in favour of directed assistance for low and middle-income earners. “When I was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane … he was extremely helpful to me,” Mr Newman told Sky News host Steve Price. “I had a lot to do with him in those days, and, you know what, I thought he was a great bloke; I thought he was someone who wanted to get things done. “Since he’s PM, he has disappointed. “He keeps setting us against each other – whether it be on race, whether it be on economics.”