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ALP still leads, but it’s getting tighter
Despite the self-inflicted wounds, Labor remains in front in a majority of seats. But with four weeks to go, Albo certainly isn’t kicking with the wind.
John BlackElection analystIn week two of the 2022 election campaign, Labor is still assessing the damage from campaign wounds inflicted on all of its MPs and candidates by Anthony Albanese in week one.
It wasn’t so much that Albanese didn’t know the current unemployment rate or the cash rate. It was the impression he gave voters that he didn’t think it was important enough for an aspiring Labor prime minister to understand what these basic economic indicators mean for working families.
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