ALBO’S LATEST GAFFE STUNS HIS COLLEAGUES
OPPOSITION Leader Anthony Albanese’s own Labor colleagues have turned on him just two weeks from the polls, saying he has been “found out” over his “cringe-worthy” failure to remember his own National Disability Insurance Scheme policy.
His fifth embarrassing campaign blunder in just four weeks – one of which was spent in Covid-19 isolation – has left some in his own party questioning his confidence and ability to handle stressful situations.
One Labor MP labelled Mr Albanese’s failure to outline his party’s six-point plan to fix the NDIS as “cringe-worthy” as he was forced to read from cheat sheets handed to him by staff.
Another said Mr Albanese had been “found out” during his “trainwreck” of a media conference on Thursday.
After failing to detail the six points, Mr Albanese instead said what Labor would do “was outlined by Bill Shorten”. He returned to the lectern minutes later to clearly read from a set of notes handed to him.