Anthony Albanese’s ABC radio interview on Friday was meant to be a cunning political ploy, showing that Labor had thought of the idea of pushing China from the Port of Darwin first. It turned into a word salad of uncertainty, dressed in contradictions and confusion.
Peter Dutton did his best tradie impersonation in a high-vis hit-out, while Anthony Albanese took the fall but held onto a precious arrival during a week marked by a liberating announcement.
On every count the Opposition Leader is better off talking about petrol prices in Parramatta rather than tariffs in Timbuktu.
Peter Dutton faces a difficult task cutting through with a clear election message as he comes under maximum pressure from Anthony Albanese.
Until last weekend the tariff fate of America’s AUKUS partners – Australia and the UK – was still not decided. Enter chief White House trade counsellor and tariff hawk Peter Navarro.
Anthony Albanese has swiftly sought to maximise the political impact of Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.
After setting the agenda for 18 months and putting Anthony Albanese on the back foot, there are real danger signs that the election is slipping away from Peter Dutton.
Chris Bowen has offered a swathe of western Sydney suburbs a $400 electricity price cut – raising the same questions about the promises upon which Labor’s renewable energy policy is based.
The PM has dumped his pledge to cut power prices by $275. Why, then, is Labor clinging to its core renewable plans using the same modelling?
It is no coincidence that Peter Dutton – the last surviving Howard government minister – has adopted the same strategy on petrol excise that John Howard used in 2001.
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