The real reason politics has 'gone mad' - blame falling wages, not Muslim immigration, says Labor's Jim Chalmers

By James Massola
Updated September 29 2016 - 11:08pm, first published September 28 2016 - 9:12pm
"What's going on here is overwhelmingly economic rather than social or cultural, or at least has economic foundations": Labor finance spokesman Jim Chalmers. Photo: Glenn Hunt
"What's going on here is overwhelmingly economic rather than social or cultural, or at least has economic foundations": Labor finance spokesman Jim Chalmers. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Politics has "gone mad", and Australian politicians shouldn't blame a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment or opposition to multiculturalism as the main reason.

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