Anthony Albanese: “You see, I know I can count on Penny and Richard, Katy and Jim and so many others to make the arguments for Labor. But who’s he got? Alan Tudge and Peter Dutton. The unspeakable and the unthinkable. And then of course, Barnaby Joyce, the inexplicable.” #Auspol
Karen Barlow
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- BREAKING: Going her own way. Labor Senator Kristina Keneally to fly tonight on commercial means to visit the Tamil family detained on Christmas Island.
- Anthony Albanese hurries on Immigration Minister Alex Hawke on Novak Djokovic in asking (at presser): "how long is the focus group taking in order for the government to get the answer before it responds to this issue?" #auspol
- PM at his morning presser heckled with utterings of "liar" by a group of people walking by at Kambah Park. #auspol
- Julia Gillard: "What I want to see for this country is a government that cares about, values and includes women. And I know that a government led by Albo will do precisely that." #ausvotes
- Liberal senator James Paterson says Labor's Richard Marles should put every thing he says on his website (including speech in Beijing) David Speers then asks: "Should the PM post the speech he gave to the Christian Congress? Paterson: That's a matter for the PM." #Insiders
- Exclusive: PM Albanese plans to lead the country from The Lodge in Canberra as part of his efforts to restore the city’s status as the national capital. Standards to lift when Parliament returns, more questions for the crossbench v @canberratimes
- OL Albanese on the Katherine Deves controversy: "This is just another of the chaos and division that is there within the Liberal Party. And I make this point - Scott Morrison's last captain's pick before the last election was a fellow called Craig Kelly." #ausvotes
- PM Albanese on ABC 774: "I've set up a vinyl player at the Lodge and that is a good thing. I have one there and it's added to the ambience at the Lodge. And the good news is that you're at a little bit of a distance from neighbours. So when appropriate, you can turn it up loud."
- Sussan Ley interjects during Tanya Plibersek's answer on lithium recycling and cops the withering assessment from the minister: "She is an expert in recycling, backbench, frontbench, backbench, frontbench." #qt

