Western Australian Premier Roger Cook has said Anthony Albanese “clarified” his joke about live exports when the two spoke ahead of a state visit next week. But although Cook demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for the comments at a farmers' dinner last week – saying that the Labour Party had ensured that live … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sharply criticised for boasting about destroying the live export industry at a dinner celebrating the achievements of rural women. Towards the end of his prepared speech at the AgriFutures Rural Women's Awards in Parliament House on Tuesday evening, Mr Albanese noted that this was his second event of the evening, … Read more
Anti-vaxxer Gerard Rennick of the LNP was branded a “cooker” by Anthony Albanese for his conspiratorial posts claiming childcare would “destroy the family”. The Prime Minister took aim at Senator Rennick and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Sunday, questioning whether the outspoken senator's criticism of the pay rise for childcare workers was part of a … Read more
Anthony Albanese's attempt to advertise pay rises for new childcare workers was thwarted when an ABC Perth presenter interrupted an interview to speak to Olympic gold medallist Nina Kennedy instead. Speaking to ABC Radio Perth's Jo Trilling on Thursday afternoon after arriving in Perth, the Prime Minister was in the middle of promoting a 15 … Read more
Australia's Olympians have “brought joy, excitement and pride to every Australian”, the prime minister said, as pressure mounts for a celebratory holiday.