Former Australian PM’s Criticism ‘Nasty, Personal, Vindictive’: Treasurer

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a press conference in the Mural Hall at Parliament House on June 11, 2020 in Canberra, Australia Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Josh Frydenberg, Australia’s federal treasurer, has defended the Reserve Bank of Australia against criticisms launched by Paul Keating, a former Labor prime minister, that it isn’t doing enough to help amid the COVID-19 economic crisis.

“This was a very nasty, personal, vindictive, unnecessary, misguided attack by Paul Keating,” Frydenberg told ABC News Breakfast on Sept. 24.