The major parties are ramping up their election campaigns with only days until voters head to the polls. The Prime Minister has delivered his final set piece speech of the campaign addressing journalists at the National Press Club in Canberra. Anthony Albanese stayed on message focusing on Labor’s plan to combat cost of living pressures.
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00:00Well, the Prime Minister has delivered his final set-piece speech of the campaign here
00:06at the National Press Club, and this was a classic stump speech.
00:10Anthony Albanese reminding voters of the cost of living relief his government has delivered
00:14over the past three years, and listing off the promises and the policies that Labor has
00:20put on the table for the next three years.
00:23Interestingly, as he's done before, Mr Albanese also placed a great deal of emphasis on stability
00:29and trying to contrast with that opponent who he thinks is unpredictable.
00:33A vote for Labor means the certainty of Medicare, the security of being able to see a GP when
00:43and where you need it without worrying about whether you can afford it.
00:47A vote for Labor means you can be certain that childcare and early education will be more
00:54affordable for your family.
00:57You can be certain that your child and their school will get the full and fair funding
01:02they need to be their very best, public and private.
01:07You can be certain that the opportunity of free TAFE is here to stay.
01:12Well, in this era of uncertainty as Western nations are accelerating their defence spending,
01:18questions were put to Mr Albanese about whether Australia needs to consider doing the same or,
01:22at the very least, needs to review its defence posture.
01:27You don't need a refresh to tell any Labor Prime Minister at the party of John Curtin
01:33that we need to defend ourselves.
01:35I think it was the Labor Prime Minister who understood that the kowtowing to the UK as it
01:43was then wasn't going to defend Australia and I'm very proud to be part of the same party
01:50that defended Australia.
01:52The Prime Minister will now get on a plane for a final 72-hour surge to polling day.
01:58Mr Albanese will be hitting six states in coming days targeting battleground seats as he tries
02:05to win every possible vote between now and 6pm on Saturday.