Anthony Albanese switches to election footing with blitz of three campaign battlegrounds
Share:
PM frames federal poll as choice between ‘building Australia’s future’ under Labor or ‘taking Australia backwards’ under Coalition. Anthony Albanese will frame this year’s federal election as a choice between “building Australia’s future” under Labor or “taking Australia backwards” under the Coalition as the prime minister opens 2025 with a blitz of three campaign battlegrounds.
The prime minister will move to an election footing this week, travelling to electorates across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia to signal the unofficial start of the campaign. The Labor leader will use his first public appearances of 2025 to cast the upcoming election as a contest between contrasting visions for the country.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email. “This election is a choice between building Australia’s future or taking Australia backwards,” Albanese said. “My government cares about Australians. That’s why we are delivering cost-of-living relief while strengthening Medicare and investing in infrastructure, childcare and dignified aged care.
“Over the next three years we can work together to build on the foundations we have laid.”. Albanese ended 2024 with tumbling personal approval ratings and most published polls suggesting Labor would struggle to retain majority government. The Labor leader will start the new year on the offensive, campaigning in Queensland where the government holds just five of 30 lower house seats.
