Hockey's car crash

By James Massola
Updated August 17 2014 - 12:08am, first published August 16 2014 - 9:26am
Federal treasurer Joe Hockey Photo: ten News
Federal treasurer Joe Hockey Photo: ten News

Treasurer Joe Hockey has been forced to apologise for suggesting the "poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far" after Prime Minister Tony Abbott and cabinet colleague Christopher Pyne distanced themselves from the comments.

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