Opposition leader also vows to make gender equity an objective of the Fair Work Act if ALP wins federal election on 21 May
He said an Albanese government would use “all the tools in our power to close the gender pay gap”.
Albanese said Australians had “worked out” Scott Morrison. “Australians understand we can’t bet our future on three more years of a prime minister who looks at every challenge facing our country and says that’s not my job,” the Labor leader said on Sunday. “I will show up, I will step up, I will bring people together. I will lead with integrity and treat you with respect.”
Polls suggest voters are yet to make up their minds about Albanese as the campaign enters its final weeks. Wong – one of Labor’s best-known figures – on Sunday characterised Albanese as “a man of courage and conviction, the most steadfast of friends, the toughest of fighters, and the kindest of hearts”.
“Both of us have been on a diet for some time, and lost a fair bit of weight – but, no matter how hard we work at it, neither of us look like Peter Malinaskus.”to pick up three Liberal-held seats in the west He noted WA had produced “two of our nation’s greatest citizens and prime ministers – John Curtin and Bob Hawke” – and he also drew an implicit contract between Morrison and Albanese, noting the Labor leader had always stood by the state “and supported us in the tough decisions we had to take” during the pandemic.Liberals fear a number of metropolitan seats could fall to the “teal” independents on 21 May but MPs believe support is holding up for the government in the regions and outer suburbs.
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