Cate Blanchett silent as ad campaign draws heat | The Australian

Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce decried Blanchett's role, accusing the actress - who lives in a sprawling $10 million mansion in Sydney's Hunters Hill and reportedly spent $1.5m installing solar panels, a 20,000 litre water tank and energy efficient lighting - of not understanding the cost-of-living concerns of ordinary Australians.

"It's very easy for people who have a good wage to suggest that we engage in a gesture which will have no effect, but the people who really pay the price are the ones who can't afford the fundamentals of life right now," Senator Joyce said.

"You're really going to hurt people, Cate, you really are."

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