Now Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tried to weaponise Anthony Albanese’s weight loss against him,citing it as evidence his Labor opponent is an inauthentic shape-shifter who cannot be trusted.
After cutting out carbohydrates and reducing his alcohol intake,the Opposition Leader has shed 18 kilograms over the past year. He’s also sporting a trendy new set of eyeglasses and better-fitting suits. This comes on top of significant orthodontic work in 2015 to fix what Albanese called his “terrible working-class teeth”.
Rather than an admirable display of discipline,Morrison wants Australians to see Albanese’s physical transformation as something more suspicious.
With the latest Newspoll showing Labor maintaining a commanding lead over the Coalition and Albanese drawing even with Morrison as preferred prime minister,Morrison went on the attack at a Sky News town hall on Monday night.
“I’m not pretending to be anyone else,” Morrison said. “I’m still wearing the same sunglasses. Sadly,the same suits. I weigh about the same size and I don’t mind a bit of Italian cake either ... I’m not pretending to be anyone else.”
Morrison didn’t cite Albanese by name,but the target of his dig was obvious to everyone watching.