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Maeve Bannister

'Childish' LNP trick blasted by Albanese

Anthony Albanese says voter's won't be fooled by the LNP's web domain tactic. (AAP)

Anthony Albanese has hit out at a "childish" pre-election trick from the Liberal National Party, saying it shows the Morrison government is embarrassed by its own record.

A web address that bears the federal Labor leader's name is registered to a "Sam Jackson" from the LNP.

When the address albanese.com.au is entered into a web browser, the user is instead taken to the website liberal.org.au - the official site of the Liberal Party.

Mr Albanese says that kind of tactic is "not on" in a democracy such as Australia, but voters won't be fooled.

"This is a test of integrity for Scott Morrison and for the Liberal Party ... I think people should behave in a reasonably adult way," he told reporters in Perth on Wednesday.

"It is childish, it is an example of this government just being not in a position to advance its own agenda, being embarrassed by its own record and having no agenda for the future."

The opposition leader also called on the coalition to change the address, saying it would show a lack of integrity if it remained.

"It will also show that this government will continue engaging in scare campaigns, tricks, misinformation (and) we will see more of it going forward," he said.

On Tuesday an LNP campaign spokesman told AAP the site name was acquired appropriately.

"We're glad to see the domain name has been promoted so heavily which has helped to spread the message about the Morrison government's achievements," the spokesman said.

"The domain name was acquired appropriately and it's a matter for Mr Albanese to answer why he hadn't registered this domain if he wanted to use it."

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