Labor’s election pitch: five key policies unveiled at party’s campaign launch

Anthony Albanese outlines vision for medicines, manufacturing jobs, gender pay equity, electric vehicles and housing affordability

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The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, made a pitch for a better future" at his official campaign launch in Perth, outlining new policies to try to capture voter attention.

The party has veered away from the big-spending and revenue-raising promises of the last election campaign. But Albanese pledged on Sunday that if he wins the 21 May election the work of building that better future will start the very next day".