Who’s afraid of a scare campaign? Not Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. auspol AusVotes2022
In marginal seats on opposite sides of the country they ramped up their fearmongering about their rival, as they also accused each other of running scare campaigns.
The card, which has been trialled by the Department of Social Services in several regional locations, quarantines as much as 80 per cent of welfare recipients’ payments and cannot be used to purchase alcohol, to gamble, or to withdraw cash. In a barb almost Trumpian in vibe, Morrison labelled the would-be Treasurer “good old sneaky Jim”, as he fielded a question about electricity prices and pivoted to pensioners.
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