As cost of living increases in the lead up to Australia’s federal elections in May Prime Minister Scott Morrison has focussed debate on the economy. The situation comes as Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese was ranked similar to Morrison as the preferred prime minister, with Labor outpacing the Coalition 55 to 45 percent to become the…
Australian PM More Experienced but Less Trustworthy Than Opposition Leader: Poll
The latest Newspoll conducted for News Corp’s The Australian has revealed that voters perceive Prime Minister Scott Morrison to be far more experienced than Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese but less trustworthy. The periodical poll, which reveals what Australian voters think about their leaders and who they would vote for if an election were held that…
Communities the Front Line for Crisis Response, Not Military: Australian PM
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had moved as quickly as possible to help with the floods, but that no level of response was ever going meet the needs of a “1-in-500-year flood” event. In an interview with Nine Network, Morrison said the first response to emergencies always comes from…
Tributes Flow for Deceased Australian Senator and ‘China Hawk’ Kimberley Kitching
March 10, 2022
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Tributes have poured in from human rights advocates and across the political spectrum for Australian Senator Kimberley Kitching. Kitching, one of the most vocal critics of Beijing’s human rights record in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), passed away from a suspected heart attack on March 10, aged 52. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Victorian…
Australian Labor Party Pledges Climate Change Action in National Security Election Pitch
March 10, 2022
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Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese has pledged solid action on climate change as part of his foreign policy election pitch. The pledge came during a major address to the Lowy Institute in Sydney, where the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader outlined his party’s credentials amid criticism from the federal government that the ALP would be…
Emergency Disaster Training for Civilians Worth Considering: Australian Labor Leader
As many communities are taking it into their own hands to rescue stranded residents in the current devastating floods, Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said civilians should be given training to provide emergency disaster support. “I met people in Queensland who jumped in their dinghy, were going around rescuing people off the top floor of…
Branchstacking Labor MP Resigns
March 3, 2022
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The Branch-stacking Victorian Labor MP Anthony Byrne has confirmed that he will not be recontesting for his seat of Holt at the federal elections due in May. The MP’s office staff has confirmed with the Epoch Times on March 4 that Byrne will resign from his seat of Holt, which he has consistently held for…
Prime Minister’s National Security Message Rattles Opposition Leader
February 21, 2022
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Commentary Australia is back in election mode and last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison finally managed to put national security onto the election agenda for 2022. The clearest sign that Morrison had finally got his national security message up was the way Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese began to look really rattled last week. And rattled…
Australian Opposition Party Silent on China Strategy Ahead of Election
February 18, 2022
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Analysis The Australian government has called into question the federal opposition’s “track record” on China declaring Labor has not announced any policy positions relating to the communist regime, even as the federal election nears. Speaking at a Senate Estimates hearing on Feb. 17, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said there was a big difference between the…
Chinese State-Run Media Picks Australian Opposition Leader for Prime Minister
February 15, 2022
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The Chinese regime’s vocal mouthpiece, The Global Times, has weighed in on Australia’s impending federal election, publishing an op-ed advocating for Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Anthony Albanese to lead the country. In a rather backhanded manner, retired Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh—who authored the piece—said Albanese was “not an intellectual” and was afraid of upsetting…
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