Anthony Albanese has used his first major speech of the year to turn some of Peter Dutton’s own rhetoric against him. The prime minister responded to the opposition leader’s claims he is a weak leader by telling journalists weakness is “not having the guts to come to the National Press Club” – whose offer to speak Dutton is yet to take up during his leadership stint.
Albanese also revealed federal Labor had secured new school funding agreements with South Australia and Victoria, a move greeted as a “very big win” for public education by the Victorian government.
