Scott Morrison has incorrectly stated that Australians receive $46 a week for welfare, while it is actually $46 a day – just hours after the opposition leader failed to answer a fundamental question about his election promise Later.
PM talking to reporters Perth About the cost of living On Monday when he made a big mistake.
Labor Housing and Homelessness spokesman Jason Claire sheds light on the gaffe Twitter,
Claire wrote, ‘Today Scott Morrison got the Jobseeker rate wrong.
‘Not a little – he got out for $276 a week.’
Scott Morrison (pictured) gets the economy question terribly wrong while talking to reporters
Scott Morrison (pictured in Perth on Monday) describes the mistake as a slip of the tongue
‘Will he come out and fix the record?’
Someone on Mr Morrison’s team said it had slipped.
Earlier on Monday, Anthony Albanese was unable to answer how many nurses would be needed to fulfill his election promise of 50 urgent care clinics across Australia.
On being kept on the spot during the press conference in Brisbane On Monday morning, the labor leader gave a vague answer about each clinic with different needs.
‘Everywhere is different. For example, we know that the Melanoma Institute… will use that $14 million fund to hire additional nurses. This will allow them to hire 35 additional nurses,’ Mr Albanese said.
Mr Albanese has promised that all 50 clinics will be operational in 2023 if he is elected prime minister on 21 May.
Anthony Albanese could not answer exactly how many nurses would be needed to fulfill his election promise of 50 urgent care clinics across Australia.
Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese holds a press conference after inspecting a road affected by recent floods, where Labor critics are seen
Beginning the second week of official campaigning, she said on Monday, “We know it’s a challenge, but we also know that no matter who is in the government, there is a need to train more nurses, train more doctors.” For.” It is our duty to do so.”
A local reporter accused him of failing to give a ‘better description’ of the plan.
He argued that the clinics would be run by GPs and nurses who would be able to determine their exact staffing needs at a later date.
Mr Albanese, however, has facts about the coalition’s alleged failures during natural disasters and crises.
“What we saw from the federal government, whether wildfires, floods or epidemics … was a real pattern of behaviour,” the opposition leader said.
Scott Morrison went missing after the election in 2019-20 due to bushfires. And he failed to act too soon, and he only took action when there was really political pressure.
When placed on the scene during a press conference in Brisbane on Monday morning, the Labor leader gave a vague answer about each clinic with different needs.
‘On the floods we again saw a political rather than a human response. Instead of looking at people who were going through a really tough time and saying, ‘What can we do to help?’
Mr Albany was meeting in Brisbane with flood victims who have not yet returned to their homes.
Labor Senator Murray Watts, who stood by Mr Albanese’s side during the convention in Brisbane, also addressed directly to Queenslanders, saying residents of the Sunshine State had the most reasons to leave the coalition.
‘why is it [that] Wherever Queenslanders need Scott Morrison the most, he always turns his back on it – whether it’s COVID, whether it’s floods, whether it’s infrastructure or anything else,’ Mr Watt said.
‘The time has come for Queenslanders and all Australians to have a Prime Minister who is ready to work with the whole nation, to bring the whole country together, not pit the state against and mate against. ‘
Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese greets local children while inspecting a road affected by recent floods
Mr Albanese’s latest slip was just a week after he failed to accurately state national unemployment and interest rates during a disastrous press conference the first full day of campaigning.
The Labor leader was asked if he knew what the interest rate was, but he shrugged off the question. The rate is at a historic low of 0.1 percent since November 2020.
Mr Albanese was later asked what the national unemployment rate was. He tried to guess but turned out to be wrong.
‘The national unemployment rate at the moment is … I think it’s 5.4 … Sorry. I’m not sure what it is,’ he said. The unemployment rate is 4 percent, the lowest since 2008.
Shadow Finance Minister Katy Gallagher was able to answer both questions correctly.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity is on the rise again as he and his wife, Jenny, greet children at The Children’s Hospital in Westmead.
Meanwhile in Perth on Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked to rule out future cuts to Medicare if re-elected.
‘I thought Anne Ruston, which I announced’ [as health minister] Tomorrow we will be successful in the election… Said yesterday that there will be no cut. And I will repeat it today,’ he said.
‘I was clear about it yesterday. And why can I say that? Because under our government, we’ve grown from $19.1 billion in Medicare spending to $31.4 billion. So we increased the bulk-billing rate from 82.2 percent to 88.8 percent.
‘The reason we’ve been able to achieve that is why we can invest in the ships behind us. Because we are running a strong economy, and we know how to manage the budget.
Labor jumped on comments made in 2014 about the viability of Medicare, to express concern over his appointment as health minister that could end subsidized public health service.
“This is a health minister who has been nominated now that, if he is successful in the election, we know will undermine Medicare,” Mr Albanese said in Brisbane.
Ms Ruston was quick to reassure the public that Medicare was not at risk.
Anthony Albanese’s electoral hopes were hit after a serious mistake during the first week of campaigning, but the margin of error in the latest opinion poll indicates it is still very close to the call.
Mr Albanese’s electoral hopes were hit after a serious mistake during his first week of campaigning, but the margin of error in the latest opinion poll indicates it is not yet over.
Mr. Albanese and both Scott Morrison Several inaccuracies have come to the fore in recent days, but a survey conducted by the Resolve Political Monitor found that the approval rating of the prime minister has actually improved.
Despite taking the lead as the preferred prime minister, analysts said he was not a sure bet and that opinion flip-flops were likely to continue before the May 21 election.
The latest figures have a 2.6 percent margin of error. During a week only 1,404 people took part in the voting.
The larger the margin of error, the less confidence the general public should have that the election result will reflect the opinion of the entire population.
Despite Mr Morrison’s personal popularity rising, the Resolve Strategic Poll indicates Labor will win 51-49 in a two-party preferred vote.
But the election took place in just five weeks, despite 27 percent of voters saying they still haven’t committed to voting for one party over another.
These swing voters can throw polling data out the window on Election Day.