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Australian election 2022: week one of the campaign with Amy Remeikis – video
Guardian Australia’s political reporter Amy Remeikis gets you up to date on the first week of the Australian election campaign. For many voters, it would have been hard to miss Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s gaffe on the unemployment figure on Monday. But the week ended with a focus on the usefulness of ‘gotcha’ journalism when Greens leader Adam Bandt spoke at the National Press Club.
The Morrison campaign came under scrutiny when once-ousted education minister Alan Tudge seemed to be back in the mix. The confusion offered a reminder to voters of the perceived problems the government has had with women in its ranks in recent years. The failure of the government to implement a federal corruption watchdog rounded out the week, with reporters grilling Morrison over the failed 2019 election promise
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