Chris Bowen struggles to name tax-free threshold during Alan Jones interview

By Lisa Visentin
Updated February 18 2015 - 4:08pm, first published 11:51am
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014.
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Alan Jones pushed Chris Bowen to identify Australia's tax-free threshold. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Alan Jones pushed Chris Bowen to identify Australia's tax-free threshold. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014.
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chris Bowen: admitted the interview was not his best performance. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014.
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 12 February 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen / Fairfax

Federal opposition treasurer Chris Bowen has been accused of not knowing a key area of his portfolio after he was unable to identify Australia's tax-free threshold during a live television interview on Tuesday night.

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