PM frames federal poll as choice between ‘building Australia’s future’ under Labor or ‘taking Australia backwards’ under Coalition

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Anthony Albanese will frame this year’s federal election as a choice between “building Australia’s future” under Labor or “taking Australia backwards” under the Coalition as the prime minister opens 2025 with a blitz of three campaign battlegrounds.

The prime minister will move to an election footing this week, travelling to electorates across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia to signal the unofficial start of the campaign.

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