Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will embark on their first full day of campaigning on Saturday, ahead of a federal election called for May 3.
The day will kickstart a five-week political campaign across the country, ahead of Australians heading to the polls.The River City is the place to be today, where each of the leaders of the major parties are converging.has his eye on the Queensland seats of Brisbane and Ryan, which they lost to the Greens at the 2022 election.Keep an eye out for how many times he visits his seat during the campaign — it'll give an indication of how worried he is about holding on.
"We have in Ali someone who is running for the third time. Ali France is someone who has courage, conviction and is passionate about representing this community. "Peter Dutton, who tried to abolish bulk billing by introducing a GP tax, attacked the health and hospital system with those $50 billion of cuts in the 2014 budget, tried to introduce a payment every time people visited a GP, and tried to jack up the price of medicines by $5 — as opposed to what we've done, which is to bring it back to 2004 levels of $25.There's a lot at stake at this election.
It all happened as the media was piling onto the bus, heading for the first Labor campaign stop of the day."Now, we know the date, but I'm not sure every Australian's to excited about election campaign," he tells"So, we've got to outline our vision for the country and try and inspire people to join us on a journey.
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