Labor is hoping Anthony Albanese’s Covid diagnosis throws a harsh spotlight on to Scott Morrison
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has tested positive to Covid, and will isolate for seven days amid the election campaign.Labor leader Anthony Albanese has tested positive to Covid, and will isolate for seven days amid the election campaign.Pretty incredible, when you think about it, that it’s taken this long forThe Labor leader has been campaigning intensively around the country for many many, months, and would have had countless near misses in terms of close contacts.
Clare didn’t say this, but there’s a view Marles isn’t the focal point the Labor campaign needs at the point of going negative about Morrison – which is the point the campaign has now reached. Labor’s deputy leader is not a natural attack dog and he doesn’t always land the message. The official rationale was voters seeing more of Morrison would be a plus, because what they’d see is a prime minister shadowed by internal disputes and weighted by his record. This would help Labor’s core objective, which is to make this contest a referendum on Morrison.
The 2022 campaign right now is still in practice laps because a large number of Australians are having their first real holiday in two years, taking advantage of the school holiday break before another Covid winter.
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