The Socceroos became a political football this week as the Liberal leader delivered a word salad on multiculturalism Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor had a couple of political miskicks this week. Then, on the pitch, he also failed to hit the target, for some reason deciding to knee a football instead of kicking it. Taylor on Tuesday delivered a word salad on multiculturalism and then failed to land a punch on Labor as the government rammed through contentious tax changes .