Controversial radio host Kyle Sandilands has struck again, urging Prime Minister Julia Gillard to give up living in the outer Melbourne suburb of Altona because it is a "rathole".
Ms Gillard was coy when asked by co-host Jackie O in an interview on 2Day FM how long it would be before she moved into The Lodge if she won the election.
"I haven't thought about any of that," she said.
"I'm really not sure. I'm happy in Altona."
Responding to Sandilands's comment, Ms Gillard said: "Altona's OK. it's not a rathole."
After toppling Kevin Rudd in June, Ms Gillard said she would not move into The Lodge, the prime minister's official Canberra residence, until she had won an election in her own right.
In the meantime, she has been dividing her time between her modest brick house in Altona, and a flat in the Canberra suburb of Kingston.
