Joe Hockey apologized today witht he following words :”HOCKEY: Well, whether they have or they haven’t, I am really, genuinely sorry that there is any suggestion, any suggestion at all that I or the government does not care for the most disadvantaged in the community. I am sorry about that interpretation. I’m sorry about the words. And why, because all of my life, as everyone who knows me knows, all of my life I have fought for and tried to help the most disadvantaged people in the community. And for there to be some suggestion that I have evil in my heart, when it comes to the most disadvantaged people in the community, is upsetting. But it’s more upsetting for those people in the community. So I want to make it perfectly clear to the community that if there is any suggestion that I don’t care about you or that I have evil intent towards you, I want to say that couldn’t be further from the truth.”

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/transcript-joe-hockeys-apology-over-fuel-levy-gaffe-20140815-3ds4r.html#ixzz3ARWsnyuj

I gather the government is in full damge control and he was forced to say those words