The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have spent Friday trading barbs over the next leaders' debate as the Federal election campaign reaches the halfway point.
Mr Morrison and Mr Albanese have so far only faced off once during this Federal Election campaign, at the Sky News / The Courier-Mail People's Forum in Brisbane on April 20.
"Well, I can only take him at his word - he said he wanted to debate me anywhere, anytime. Thursday, Sunday - that's when the dates are, the hall's booked, I'll be there," Mr Morrison told reporters on Friday. "We don't really know what he stands for. Everything he's previously opposed, he now supports. Everything he supports, he previously opposed.
"Now, it's unfortunate that he obviously had COVID last week, and I'm pleased that he's rejoined the campaign trail and I'm pleased he's well," the Prime Minister said. Mr Albanese told Channel Nine's Today show on Friday is was"happy to have debates but what Scott Morrison has done is go off and negotiate with himself as if it's a one side debate".
"But they’ve got to pick up the phone. Scott Morrison doesn't decide where and when each debate will be. I'm certainly up for more debates. I won the first debate. Why wouldn't I want more?"
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