Good morning. Anthony Albanese is due to rejoin the campaign trail after seven days of Covid isolation. The Labor leader will fly to Perth on Friday ahead of the party’s campaign launch on the weekend. Scott Morrison will be in Hobart, after announcing $50m for the Nyrstar smelter in the Tasmanian capital.
A majority of voters agree with key Labor campaign messages that Scott Morrison is “all announcement no delivery”, a new poll reveals. In further bad news for the government, Labor’s claim it will “put the care back into aged care” is also resonating well ahead of election day. The poll of 1,000 voters, commissioned by the progressive thinktank the Australia Institute, also found Coalition claims about handling of the economy are testing well, but overall it was Labor’s messaging that was hitting the mark. Meanwhile, two of Labor’s star candidates in must-win marginal electorates have advocated strongly for an increase to the jobseeker payment, contradicting the party’s decision to scrap its planned review of the benefit if it wins government.
