‘The N-Word’: Albo unleashes at campaign launch

News.com.au - 13/04
Anthony Albanese has projected a steady hand and progress, not revolution, so far in his bid for re-election, but on Sunday the Prime Minister finally showed some fire, unleashing in an impassioned call to arms for Australia’s future.

Anthony Albanese has projected a steady hand and progress, not revolution, so far in his bid for re-election, but on Sunday the Prime Minister finally showed some fire, unleashing in an impassioned call to arms for Australia’s future.

Mr Albanese drew on the image of the black swan, a bird once believed to be “impossible” in Europe, in his speech before about 500 party faithful at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Mr Albanese told the crowd the bird was not only now a proud symbol of Western Australia – where he also launched his 2022 election campaign – but the “story of Australia”, to a raucous applause.

“We are not shackled by old thinking. We are not captive to the habits and fears of the past … We have the courage and the strength to choose our own way,” Mr Albanese said during his 30-minute speech.

“Because Australia didn’t copy the idea of a decent minimum wage from anywhere else in the world – we created it here.

“We didn’t steal the idea of universal superannuation from somew...
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