Oz PM regrets Goebbels remark

Australia’s gaffe-prone prime minister took back his second Nazi-related comment in a month after he compared the opposition party leader to German World War II-era propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

Oz PM regrets Goebbels remark

Tony Abbott told parliament that Labor Party leader Bill Shorten was “the Dr Goebbels of economic policy”.

Abbott immediately said he withdrew the comment, as opposition politicians yelled in protest.

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