Trump tactics
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have presented two very different strategies to respond to Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' dominated the campaign on Thursday as Peter Dutton visited marginal seats in Perth while Anthony Albanese flew from Melbourne to Newcastle.
And it will again today after Dutton flew to Sydney last night, where he will attend the Daily Telegraph’s Future Western Sydney event this morning before flying interstate (our tip is either Tasmania or the Northern Territory).
For the first time in this campaign, Albanese has woken up in his hometown of Sydney, where he’s looking to keep Labor on the same footing as 2022. He’s certainly looking for surer footing than he showed in Cessnock on Thursday, when he fell off a stage at a mining union event.
Immediately after Trump announced he would impose a blanket 10% tariff on Australian exports, Albanese revealed a five-point plan and left open the door to pursue a resolution under the US Free Trade Agreement or the World Trade Organisation. Dutton said he broadly supports the measures — which include a $1 billion program to provide zero interest loans to affected companies — but the opposition leader differed from the prime minister on one important point.
