Anthony Albanese

The election campaign is only a day old and already Anthony Albanese is learning the stakes have been raised.

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Scott Morrison was dogged by questions about Alan Tudge – is he on the frontbench or not, and will he return to the cabinet? Banks use the cash rate as a foundation to then charge fixed and variable rates on loans. If the pain persists, it creates a negative feedback loop. It is the cost of money. If we have to read out the Senate ballot paper for people in telephone voting, it’s going to take some time. Inappropriate performance measures presented in the annual performance statements I assessed performance measure 2.1.2-11 as not being appropriate. The major banks use it to set their own interest rates when lending for mortgages (and to a lesser extent business and personal loans) They know my faults, but they also know my strengths, and they know my record, and they know that we’ve stood up to China. We stood up to the economic challenges that we faced. This might be our last chance to tackle the climate crisis, and to ensure everyone in this country is able to afford a roof over their head and meet the costs of living. I don’t think government is the answer. I make mistakes, because at the end of the day, so do we. Some of the information we had was also not on the money.

Anthony Albanese stumbles on the very first day of the election campaign, unable to recall key economic figures while trying to spruik Labor's credentials ...

"I'm not going to pretend to you that I go out each day and I buy a loaf of bread and I buy a litre of milk," Mr Morrison replied at the time. there will be multiple interest rate increases regardless of who is in government. "What I was not going to enter into, is an auction in terms of the Tasmanian unemployment rate and the various rates that are put forward," he said.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has stumbled heavily on the first full day of the Federal Election campaign where he provided the wrong answer to ...

There has been constant talk of when the NAIRU is - when unemployment is low enough to push up wages. "That's the whole point. Labor says it will be the party to increase wages. Now its 4 per cent." This is the central economic figure that has been bemusing to some economists as to why wage rises have not come in at this level. It came down from 5.7 per cent when we were first elected. Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. “I’m happy to know that the last time I filled out petrol was $2.20. I know how much the price of bread is, I know how much a litre of milk is,” he said. In the first major blunder of the Federal Election campaign, the Opposition Leader provided the wrong response and was then forced to backtrack and apologise as he did not know the figure. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has stumbled heavily on the first full day of the Federal Election campaign where he provided the wrong answer to Australia’s current national unemployment figure. Labor leader Anthony Albanese was forced to apologise after he provided the wrong answer to a question deemed simple by political commentators during the first official full day of the Federal Election campaign trail.

The Labor leader was asked if he knows what the cash rate is but dodged the question by saying: 'We can do the old Q and A over 50 different figures'.

It was in trauma. It was shell-shocked. But he trumpeted Australia's economic recovery after the pandemic, which has seen unemployment drop to four per cent, the lowest rate since 2008. The unemployment rate is four per cent, the lowest since 2008. Journalists quizzed the Labor leader on the figures in a press conference in the marginal seat of Bass in northern Tasmania, a day after the election was called. Anthony Albanese (pictured on Monday) could not name the national unemployment rate or the cash rate during a disastrous first press conference of the election campaign Anthony Albanese could not state the national unemployment rate or the cash rate during a disastrous press conference on the first full day of the election campaign. Mr Morrison falsely claimed the unemployment rate has hit a 50-year-low. - He failed to state the national unemployment rate or the cash rate Mr Albanese was later asked what the national unemployment rate is. - The national unemployment rate is four per cent, the lowest since 2008 The Labor leader was asked if he knows what the cash rate is but dodged the question by saying: 'We can do the old Q and A over 50 different figures'.

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese was not able to answer what the Reserve Bank's cash rate is or where the nation's unemployment rate stands during his ...

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Anthony Albanese has told colleagues he “f***ked up” and it “won't happen again”.

That answer is not going to cut it. “I’m not sure what it is.” “The Reserve Bank current rate is 0.10. And the unemployment rate is at 4 per cent,” she said. Anthony Albanese has told colleagues he “f***ked up” and it “won’t happen again”. “The national unemployment rate at the moment is … I think it’s 5.4 … sorry,” he said. Anthony Albanese has told colleagues he “f***ked up” and it “won’t happen again” after Monday’s trainwreck press conference.

Anthony Albanese has downplayed rhetoric that a trainwreck press conference on the first day of the election campaign has already cost him the election.

I don’t want to get into the Prime Minister’s mistakes that have been made,” the Labor leader said. “It came down from 5.7 per cent when we were first elected. And that’s it.” “I do know the official cash rate. But when I make a mistake, I will fess up to it and I will set about correcting that mistake. People make mistakes and when it comes to figures, quite often.

It was a horror to not know such basic numbers, more so given Scott Morrison was caught out at the start of this year not knowing the price of milk, ...

If you have a small policy agenda and a grab-bag of focus-grouped insults to direct at the Prime Minister, that won’t feed the bulldog for six days – let alone six weeks. Sign up to our Election Brief newsletter. Upon Albanese’s gaffe, Morrison had ginger in his pop, as did the rest of the Coalition. Albanese gave them belief. On Sunday, Albanese boasted how he, unlike the Prime Minister, would not cut questions short at each daily news conference but stay until the end. Albanese also got wrong the price of petrol, saying only it was $2.20 when he last filled up. And this is an election campaign when mistakes of such nature are far more damaging.

Anthony Albanese has been unable to state Australia's official cash rate and unemployment rate.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been tested with memories of the Black Summer bushfires as Labor leader Anthony Albanese stumbled out of the blocks.

We got together, we worked out what the challenges were we had to overcome." We got together, we worked out what the challenges were we had to overcome." "He did on that day. I won’t blame someone else, I will accept responsibility. "He did on that day. He later issued an apology over failing to recall the figures in a statement to the media. The group was also seen singing the song April Sun in Cuba — connected to the prime minister since he played the song on a ukulele during a 60 Minutes interview. Mr Constance said that "we can’t reverse history" but promised to be "fierce" in his representation for the people of Gilmore. I won’t blame someone else, I will accept responsibility. He later issued an apology over failing to recall the figures in a statement to the media. The group was also seen singing the song April Sun in Cuba — connected to the prime minister since he played the song on a ukulele during a 60 Minutes interview. Mr Constance said that "we can’t reverse history" but promised to be "fierce" in his representation for the people of Gilmore.

On the first full day of the federal election campaign, Labor finance spokeswoman Katy Gallagher stepped in as Mr Albanese struggled under pressure from ...

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Anthony Albanese has downplayed rhetoric that a trainwreck press conference on the first day of the election campaign has already cost him the election.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has vowed to “accept responsibility” for his errors as he concedes his stumble around key economic figures was a mistake.

“It came down from 5.7 per cent when we were first elected. When asked what the cash and unemployment rates during the brief stop, a more prepared Mr Albanese said: “0.1 is the cash rate which is very different from the interest rates … And 4 per cent is the unemployment rate”. “The unemployment rate I'm happy to say is 4 per cent, falling to a 50-year low,” he continued. Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. “The national unemployment rate at the moment is … I think it’s 5.4,” he said.

In a train-wreck press conference in Launceston, the Labor leader could not state the cash rate and then wrongly guessed the jobless rate was 5.4 per cent.

It was in trauma. There are other seats in contention, too It was shell-shocked. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in the southern NSW marginal Labor seat of Gilmore with Liberal candidate and former state minister Andrew Constance Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in the southern NSW marginal Labor seat of Gilmore with Liberal candidate and former state minister Andrew Constance. The unemployment rate is four per cent, the lowest since 2008. Anthony Albanese has admitted he 'made a mistake' after getting the unemployment rate wrong in a cringeworthy blunder on national TV In the presser the Labor leader was asked if he knows what the cash rate is but dodged the question by saying: 'We can do the old Q and A over 50 different figures'. - He failed to state the national unemployment rate or the cash rate In a train-wreck press conference in Launceston, the Labor leader could not state the cash rate and then wrongly guessed the jobless rate was 5.4 per cent when it's actually 4 per cent. Anthony Albanese has played down his catastrophic blunder on the first day of the campaign, insisting it was not the moment he lost the election. - The national unemployment rate is four per cent, the lowest since 2008