Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a joint appearance at the Lunar New Year celebrations in Box Hill, Melbourne. The event followed a week of heightened political tensions surrounding cultural diversity, with Dutton's announcement about potential job cuts for cultural diversity staffers in a Coalition government.
Box Hill became the centre of Australia’s political universe on Saturday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton converged on Lunar New Year celebrations in Melbourne’s east.
On Saturday, Albanese and Dutton shook hands before the Lunar New Year parade, with the prime minister ribbing that Dutton “needed a hat, mate” to protect him from the intense Melbourne sun. The leaders also faced off with duelling announcements: Albanese spruiked a $150,000 federal grant for Whitehorse Council’s Lunar New Year celebrations, before Dutton one-upped him with a promise of $250,000 for the event if he is elected, as well as a permanent memorial for Chinese Australians who died in warfare.
“The values of family, hard work and aspiration at the heart of this community have helped to make the Australian story,” the prime minister said. However, the seat’s margin has halved for the coming election after the Australian Electoral Commission abolished the neighbouring seat of Higgins.But Labor is optimistic about its prospects with that constituency, after it organised focus group meetings with Chinese-speaking voters in Melbourne last year and the results, according to Labor sources unauthorised to speak publicly about the research, showed Dutton remained a divisive and aggressive figure.
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