Albanese says PM 'doesn’t hold a hose and doesn’t give a RATs’, during Press Club address – video

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has attacked prime minister Scott Morrison's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. While Mr Morrison talks drivel at the cricket and shows off the contents of his kitchen, Australians are being confronted by empty supermarket shelves,' the Labor leader said during an address at the National Press Club. Never before has Australia had a prime minister with such a pathological determination to avoid responsibility'. Albanese said Morrison doesn't hold a hose and he doesn't give a RATs', referring to the acronym for rapid antigen tests which have been difficult to buy during the Omicron outbreak

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