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On 3AW Radio, Scott Morrison said he “won’t telegraph where he’s going”, but his office has already said he’ll be in McEwen and Chisholm today. He rattled off other important electorates: Dunkley, in the south-east and Corangamitein outer Geelong.
Morrison was asked about Josh Frydenberg and didn’t commit to drop in on Kooyong, but spruiked the treasurer:
He’s full of beans , he is indefatigable, Josh is full of energy all the time and full of passion and commitment for his local community. I mean, all of us have the opportunity to serve as members of parliament and particularly in the roles that Josh and I do as prime minister and treasurer because of the wonderful support we get in our own communities … he’s an outstanding local member, not just an incredibly fine treasurer. and Josh is such an important part of the government’s team and the party and its future … I encourage people to back in Josh because Josh backs in his community and he backs in Australia.
[Australians are] Making a decision about who they want to run the nation’s economy and the nation’s finances because that’s going to determine their opportunities in the years ahead. Because if you can’t manage money, you can’t support Medicare, you can’t do all the things that are necessary. We’ve invested $19.1 billion in fixing our aged care system. All of this needs a strong economy behind that. And we’ve demonstrated that we have that strong economic plan, which puts downward pressure on rising interest rates and rising cost of living.
No, look, I don’t take anything personally in politics. I seek to understand how people feel about these things and this is an area where clearly I need to communicate better.
Well, I’ve said it many times. I wish we had been able to militarise the vaccine rollout earlier and bring General Frewen in earlier. We’ve got a wonderful health department but that’s the thing, in the middle of a pandemic you don’t get everything right, but when you don’t get everything right you get back in there and fix those problems and that’s what we are able to do with General Frewen. What I’m hoping for in the future, and I believe will be the case, is we are moving into a new period of opportunity.
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