Anthony Albanese NDIS

In a wide-ranging Q+A appearance, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says Coalition leaders have become progressively worse, while denying he made a mistake ...

"The problem is that people have been forgotten," he said. "You did say earlier in the campaign, when you stumbled, you would own it. Mr Albanese said that would be up to what he said would be an independent ICAC, before he thrice failed to answer questions from Speers as to whether "pork-barrelling" was tantamount to corruption. Was that another mistake today?" Or you can have just more of the same. "What happened here is that we've had a dropping of the ball," Mr Albanese said of the degradation of the relationship with Solomon Islands.

Anthony Albanese has defended his credentials to lead the nation and the level of ambition in his policy platform, as he faced a mid-campaign grilling on ...

The Labor leader also pushed back at suggestions he wasn't qualified to lead the nation having not held an economic portfolio during his time in government. Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018. But he refused. Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018. Having owned up to his unemployment rate gaffe on the first day of the campaign, Mr Albanese was asked during Thursday night's program if he would concede that it was a mistake to not know details of the NDIS plan. Mr Albanese has also denied he made a stumble when he was unable to list the six pillars of his party's NDIS policy on Thursday morning, an incident which overshadowed another day on the campaign trail.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has claimed he did not make a mistake when he forgot Labor's six-point National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan.

What we will do is put people at the centre of the NDIS.” He continued: “If you let me answer the question. "But it is a choice and people are looking and they're going, I can't see it in this guy, I can't see it in that other guy from Labor, I can't see it in Anthony Albanese." "The point here is putting people back in charge of the NDIS and at the centre of it and one of the things I reckon that really alienates people from the political system is this idea that politics is about a sort of series of gotchas and game-playing." Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free.

Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles has faced heat from morning television host Allison Langdon after Anthony Albanese stumbled to outline his own ...

And the NDIS … is a shadow of what it used to be. On Thursday night Mr Albanese appeared on ABC’s Q+A program, and defended not knowing the policy off the top of his head, putting the blame back on the press pack for their “gotcha questions”. “He’s someone who is not up to the task.” Mr Marles would not be drawn on whether Mr Albanese’s inability to answer the question was “a good look”, instead pushing back and calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s leadership into question. Key frontbenchers, including his deputy Mr Marles were on Friday defending Mr Albanese, saying the election “is not a pop quiz”. “It’s not a pop quiz,” Mr Marles responded.

Anthony Albanese has accused the media of playing 'word games' when asked about his failure to identify all six points in Labor's National Disability ...

We have a signature policy, which is what I said yesterday — a signature policy to put people at the centre of the NDIS.” It comes after Mr Albanese spent one week in isolation after contracting COVID-19 in the second week of the campaign. Journalists then proceeded to grill Mr Albanese on his blunders throughout the election campaign — a day after he was unable to list the six points in his NDIS plan.

The Australian of the Year tweeted after Anthony Albanese was pressed by reporters on Thursday to detail the Labor Party's National Disability Insurance ...

'Feeling sorry for us and our families doesn't help. Mr Albanese was pressed by reporters on Thursday to outline the plan put forward by the Labor Party to improve the National Disability Insurance Scheme Mr Albanese was pressed by reporters on Thursday to outline the plan put forward by the Labor Party to improve the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Reporters bombarded Mr Albanese with questions about his NDIS plan with one of them shouting, 'You do not know your own policy, Mr Albanese' (pictured, Mr Albanese at the Labor Party launch at Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday) Dylan Alcott has taken a swipe at Anthony Albanese after the Labor leader failed to outline his six point plan for the NDIS in a train-wreck press conference (pictured, with his partner Charlotte Otten) Dylan Alcott has taken a swipe at Anthony Albanese after the Labor leader failed to outline his six-point plan for the NDIS in a train-wreck press conference.

Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles has faced heat from morning television host Allison Langdon after Anthony Albanese stumbled to outline his own ...

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has continued his run of fiery press conferences with reporters as he was grilled again over an NDIS blunder one day earlier.

We stand by our additional funding, that is not a cut, that is more funding.” The leader was repeatedly asked to answer the question, but he bit back and said: “Hang on. You had your opportunity and now it is my turn to answer. That sort of word game – that is very clear, it can't be clearer. “No, let me tell you about what the NDIS is about. “It is not about gotcha questions.