'I'm very sorry': Hockey forced to apologise

By James Massola
Updated August 15 2014 - 5:56pm, first published 3:30pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey Photo: Peter Rae
Treasurer Joe Hockey Photo: Peter Rae

Treasurer Joe Hockey has delivered a grovelling apology for suggesting the “poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far” and that the government’s proposed fuel excise increase was a progressive tax measure.

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