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‘We do not want Russian influence’ in region: Albanese

Pressed further on the government’s position on the issue, Albanese says:

We are seeking further information, we obviously do not want to see Russian influence in our region, very clearly.

We have a position, which is we stand with Ukraine, we regard Vladimir Putin as an authoritarian leader who has broken international law, that is attacking the sovereignty of the nation of Ukraine.

He ends the press conference there.

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Littleproud says poll leads for Labor don’t reflect Coalition’s ‘hyper-local’ campaigns

The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, was up on Sky News earlier this afternoon, asked about the polls moving in Labor’s favour.

He argued that the polls weren’t reflective of the “hyper-local” campaigns being run by the Coalition:

I don’t think the national polls are reflective of the hyper-local campaigns that are taking place there. And I think to your point, it’s exactly about cost of living … particularly as you get out of the inner suburbs, where there is not necessarily a bigger cost-of-living crisis as these you get out further out – they’re not feeling it as much.

What’s important is that while we’re not walking away from the national polls and what they reflect, but what we’re seeing [from our] internal polling is that as you get out where Australians are struggling, and we’re saying to them, we’re going to give you a tax cut of $1,200 an individual, $2,400 a family, who are struggling to pay their mortgage, struggling to fill the car up, struggling to put food on the table, we’re going to give them a tax cut.

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