Another attack on PM’s character by one of his own, at the worst time
The PM dismisses criticism from his colleagues, saying leaders can’t be thin-skinned. He and Josh Frydenberg want voters to focus on their criticisms of Labor’s record while they sell the budget.
As he started the big budget sell, Josh Frydenberg had to compete for public attention with Wednesday night’s memorial for the late Shane Warne.
Anthony Albanese’s budget reply speech on Thursday night will now have to compete with Volodymyr Zelensky’s impassioned address to the national Parliament. Then there is the return of more devastating flash flooding in areas of northern NSW, galvanising community concerns about the level of government help.
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