Anthony Albanese claims election victory over Scott Morrison in 2022 federal election – as it happened
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I'm a fairly big footy fan, but not sure how much all these analogies mean to the rest of voters (and I believe kicking into the wind can actually be an advantage in rugby union sometimes?)
On Weekend Today, Scott Morrison managed to turn a question about whether he has BBQ sauce on his democracy sausage into a stump speech about jobkeeper and co-funding the hospital system during the pandemic. We can't fault him - those are more important issues than what he was asked.
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