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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Martin

Scott Morrison uses Liberal party campaign launch to set up housing battle with Labor

Prime minister Scott Morrison at the Liberal party campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday
‘I’m seeking a second term because I am just warming up,’ prime minister Scott Morrison said at the Liberal party campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Scott Morrison has promised Australians a “new era of opportunity” if re-elected, while pitching a fight with Labor over a centrepiece housing policy to allow first home-buyers to tap into their superannuation savings.

Setting up a contrast with Labor for the final week of the election campaign, the prime minister used the Liberal party’s official campaign launch to promise a new super home buyer scheme that would allow people to access up to $50,000 of superannuation savings for the purchase of a first home.

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