Scott Morrison's blunt swipe at Anthony Albanese: 'Who is this guy?'
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has claimed Labor leader Anthony Albanese has embarked on a "grubby smear" campaign against him to cover up his own ineptitude surrounding his party's policies.
It comes as Mr Morrison continues his own push to portray Mr Albanese as a political unknown, posing the blunt question: "Who is this guy?"
Facing the press in the Tasmanian electorate of Bass on Thursday morning, he said "Australians are confused" over what Mr Albanese stands for after claiming he has voiced an inconsistent position on refugees arriving in the country by boat.
"He has supported everything he has opposed and he has opposed everything that he has support. We have seen that across so many issues," he said.
Mr Morrison went on to question: "Who is this guy?"
"He has had three years to tell them who he is," he continued.
"People know me. Some people disagree with me, some people agree with me. Some people don't like how I say some things and other people do. You know who I am.
"When it comes to border protection, the people smugglers know who I am."
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Denying he broke a key 2019 election promise and arguing Labor did not support their proposal, Mr Morrison deflected to focus again on his opponent's tactics during his election campaign.
"This is Anthony Albanese as usual, he doesn't have any current plan so he goes for that grubby smear.
"Anthony having a crack at me is not a substitute for not having an economic plan and not knowing what's going on in the economy. We are in election campaign now, people want to know what you think now, mate, not just what you think about me.
"People know what you think about me, I think it is pretty clear, you have made it pretty obvious."
Mr Morrison used his visit to Bass, the government's most marginal seat in parliament, to pledge a near-$220 million package for the forestry sector to invest in new technologies and expand while securing its existing 73,000 jobs.
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