Peter Dutton may have backed down over his work from home policy, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not stopped pursuing the issue. Labor is seeking to make it a focus on Day 10 of the election campaign.
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00:00As the campaign enters its second week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Melbourne
00:06for the second time since the election was called.
00:09We're currently in the outer suburban Melbourne suburb of McEwen.
00:13It's a Labor held marginal seat and the Prime Minister is talking to a family
00:18benefiting from flexible work from home arrangements.
00:21Now this photo opportunity is of course another opportunity for Labor to continue
00:26to pursue Peter Dutton over his back down on the Coalition's work from home
00:30and public servant policy.
00:32The Prime Minister has seized on this today, raising it even when not directly asked
00:36and is trying to get as much traction from it as possible.
00:39You know Peter Dutton can be really nasty.
00:42People have seen examples of that in past days.
00:46Really nasty. The truth is he should defend his own position.
00:51The ALP brand has suffered here in Victoria at a state level
00:54and Federal Labor is concerned it will be punished at the ballot box as a result.
00:58The Prime Minister also stood beside Premier Jacinta Allen earlier
01:02to talk up $2 billion in funding for the Sunshine train station in the safe seat of Fraser
01:07after facing questions about her absence at his events last week.
01:11He also carefully sidestepped questions about whether the Premier's popularity
01:15would be a drag on Federal Labor.
01:17But Anthony Albanese has additional momentum today
01:20with the latest news poll putting Labor ahead of the Coalition 52-48 after preferences.
01:26This is notable because this is the result that delivered Labor a majority government
01:30at the last election and now all the major online published polls have Labor
01:35either ahead of the Coalition or gaining ground
01:38which suggests a swing towards Labor for voters as we enter this second week of the campaign.
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