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Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has also announced this afternoon that his deputy Richard Marles has tested positive for COVID-19.“I spoke to Richard, I wish him well. He will follow the health advice and self-isolate the next week,” Albanese said ahead of his Perth flight.
Albanese participated in breakfast television interviews on Friday morning but did not take part in the Labor press conference, which featured Chalmers and Kristina Keneally. We’re the only country in the world that has all the rare minerals that you require to make a Tesla. The Chief Operating Officer of Tesla is saying that she doesn’t understand why we’re not making those vehicles in this country.
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed inflation rising by 5.1 per cent over the past year – more than twice the rate of wages growth – after a 2.1 per cent spike through the first three months of the year. He credited the Reserve Bank with “putting a security blanket across the economy” with its historically low emergency cash rate.Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended his party leader Anthony Albanese’s decision not to hold a press conference on his first day out of isolation, instead taking a break from campaigning before flying to Perth for Labor’s weekend campaign launch.Alex Ellinghausen
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