Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone,but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.
Anthony Albanese is pledging to expand telehealth services through the creation of a new Medicare hotline,ramming home what Labor sees as its greatest policy strength.
Anthony Albanese wants it on the record:he is not feeling cocky about Labor’s election prospects. But the past week is at odds with that sentiment.
The prime minister backed the Labor candidate for Dickson,who had posted faked images of Peter Dutton as a Nazi. He also equivocated about whether he had fallen off a stage.
The Coalition says its plan to lift defence spending will cost $21 billion. But its longer-term goal would make defence the second-largest budget cost.
The pledge to take more assertive action to tackle “hostage diplomacy” has been welcomed by Kylie Moore-Gilbert,who spent years in an Iranian prison.
The Coalition will promise to significantly outspend Labor by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2030.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had to beat the clock as well as each other in a rapid-fire exchange on everything from Trump to their softer side.
The Labor MP from the Hunter – with a bushranger-style beard,an imposing two-metre physique and a love of hamburgers – says he has seen first-hand how many men don’t speak about their troubles.
Since he entered parliament a decade ago,Andrew Hastie has been spoken about as a potential Liberal leader but has been strangely absent from the campaign.