He started his day at a Rheem factory, before checking out a facility that makes attachments for machinery like excavators. Morrison stayed in Sydney, campaigning in the western suburbs seats of Parramatta, Macquarie and Lindsay. He later hopped on a plane to Melbourne, campaigning with candidates in Macnamara (where ALP rising star Josh Burns faces a Greens challenge) and Higgins (which the opposition wants to pinch off Liberal moderate Katie Allen). It came with a $31m pricetag but Albanese also had to bat away claims from the government that Labor’s policy platform was worth $300bn.Īlbanese denied the number, saying all their policies were fully costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, and he claimed the figure cited by the government was based on Labor’s “aspirational” party platform – not the election promises they would enact in a first term. Where the leaders wereĪlbanese began his day in Longford, in the seat of Lyons, announcing a Labor government would restore funding for telehealth psychological appointments in rural and regional areas. Michaelia Cash, whose office Miller worked in, did not respond to questions about the workplace harassment case the staffer filed last year, while Tudge’s office would only say he “was not part of the legal proceedings”.

The Coalition point-blank refused to answer on Tuesday why Tudge’s former staffer Rachelle Miller was getting a payment from the Department of Finance in excess of $500,000.īoth Morrison and his finance minister, Simon Birmingham, said they didn’t have any information on the case. The media focus on Monday’s brain fade helped the government as it tried to avoid mounting questions over missing-in-action education minister Alan Tudge. YJ35p4Msyn- Oliver Gordon April 12, 2022 He says he'll shake it off, like Taylor Swift. A journalist has asked Albanese if he thinks he has less chance of winning the election as a result of yesterday's gaffe.

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