Albanese, who once said he loves fighting Tories, used his appearance at the National Press Club on Friday to hit back.
Anthony Albanese heads to the election with a new sense of confidence that he can win voters back, despite months of polling that suggests millions of Australians are no longer listening to him.
Albanese is on the attack after being cornered. The latest Resolve Political Monitor confirmed the slide in support for Labor since the defeat of the Indigenous Voice in October 2023 – a moment that crystallised frustration about the government’s priorities. Second, he heightened the contrast between the Labor agenda and the Coalition alternative. He sought to make the election about Medicare, childcare, school funding, student debt, TAFE and skills. These are areas with known Labor policies. Will the Coalition put them at risk?
Albanese wants voters to focus on what those Coalition cuts might mean: “Dutton’s economic surgery won’t be done with a scalpel, it will be carried out with an axe.” This attack line is easy when Dutton has revealed so little about his economic plans.
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