Election campaign live: Gina Rinehart calls for defence spending to be more than doubled at Anzac event with Peter Dutton

Gina Rinehart has called for defence spending to be dramatically increased to 5 per cent of GDP at an event with Peter Dutton, following a stroppy stumble by the PM.

Australia’s richest person, mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, has called for defence spending to be increased to 5 per cent of GDP – far more than either party is proposing – at an Anzac Day Eve event with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese again bizarrely denied he had fallen off a stage – despite hours earlier saying “falling off the stage” was his worst moment of the campaign.

The PM also defended a Labor candidate who once shared a fake image depicting Mr Dutton as a Nazi, saying she was an “extraordinary Australian”.

HERE’S HOW THE DAY UNFOLDED

Originally published as Election campaign live: Gina Rinehart calls for defence spending to be more than doubled at Anzac event with Peter Dutton