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A dispute has emerged as the Federal Election campaign reaches its last week, centering around contentious social media posts from candidates of both the Coalition and Labor parties.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was campaigning this morning in North Queensland with Leichhardt candidate Jeremy Neal.
While slamming Labor on its cost-of-living record, Dutton was also pressed on some of Neal’s since-deleted social media posts.
In Victoria, the Prime Minister was campaigning this morning with Labor’s MP for Chisholm Carina Garland.
The Prime Minister distanced himself from Ali France’s social media posts.
“I said that was inappropriate. Quite clearly, it was inappropriate,” he said.
In a familiar scenario of past social media activities resurfacing, Labor candidate Helen Madell faced scrutiny this week over some 2022 posts she wrote on X, where she criticized Pope Francis.
Albanese also announced $25 million in new funding for community language schools, praising Australia’s strengths as a multicultural nation.
“Our multiculturalism is a strength of our national economy and of our society,” he said.
Opposition leader visits 14th servo of election campaign
During a query about Peter Dutton’s allegations today, suggesting that Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers intend to abolish negative gearing, the prime minister rejected these claims.
“In 2022, there was a campaign run suggesting we were gonna make changes,” he said.
“The proof is in the pudding, the proof is, we haven’t made any changes.”
Albanese ruled out removing the policy in the future.
