PM maps out long road to 2025 poll
Anthony Albanese has moved directly to kill off the growing presumption that Labor will fall into minority government, with a re-election strategy aimed at rebuilding momentum over the summer months.
Anthony Albanese has moved directly to kill off the growing presumption that Labor will fall into minority government, with a re-election strategy aimed at rebuilding momentum over the summer months.
The Qantas freebie upgrade saga has been downgraded in favour of the economy, as Australia faces an unofficial campaign of four to six months.
Anthony Albanese has failed to see the damage that the idea of special flight privileges for ministers who are in a position to act in Qantas’ favour – including himself – is doing to the public perception.
People who attended a major ALP fundraiser at Melbourne’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel have described the PM’s keynote speech as disappointing, hours after a meeting at which he ‘acted like a sook’ over reporting on his Qantas upgrades.
Official figures from the Department of Finance show the highest cost of damage to an MP’s office was $89,309.55 to Labor Jewish MP, Josh Burns, in the seat of Macnamara in Melbourne.
During a cost-of-living and housing crisis, the appearance of a multimillion-dollar purchase is appalling.
Despite Anthony Albanese’s optimism for a second term, hard questions are starting to be asked about his leadership. There’s a sense within Labor that the party’s ‘good story’ won’t be heard.
Every Labor MP appears, at the very least, to be confused and contradicting Australia’s previous bipartisan Israel policy and the United States’ position.
Anthony Albanese’s new parliamentary schedule has effectively ensured an election on May 17 – the full-term poll the Prime Minister has always promised.
John Howard has drawn parallels between Anthony Albanese and Mark Latham over Labor’s handling of national security, warning that the government ‘doesn’t really have a grasp on the nuances of foreign policy’.
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