The leaders are both starting the day on the east coast.
Albanese last night flew from the flooded plains of Longreach in western Queensland to Brisbane, where Labor is in a three-way battle with the Liberal Party and the Greens for the seats of Brisbane, Griffith and Ryan, currently all held by the Greens.
Dutton flew into Melbourne last night from Darwin, where his announcement – a plan to take back control of the Port of Darwin – was gazumped first by the prime minister jumping in ahead and matching the proposal in a hasty call to Darwin radio on Friday night, and then Saturday when a football the opposition leader kicked collided with a Channel 10 cameraman’s gear, cutting the man forehead.
This morning, they will both unveil significant policies.
The prime minister will announce a plan to fund 30 per cent off home electric batteries under a Labor scheme to give thousands of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to any household that wants the power-bill reducing devices, regardless of their wealth.
The opposition leader will unveil his plan to cut foreign student numbers by 80,000, chiefly by capping the intake at public universities at about 25 per cent – the enrolments at some of the metropolitan universities are almost 50 per cent – as part of the Coalition plan to tackle migration and free up housing.
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