Thread by @JackHenryRoz1

@catiemcleod is filing for the failing Daily Tele – circulation down 250,000 in 5 years.
"Labor leader Anthony Albanese has blown up at a reporter after an embarrassing blunder during a fiery press conference." She is told what to write by editor Ben English. #ausvotes /2

2."A fired-up Anthony Albanese has told reporters he is 'in charge' of his own press conferences.
"The Labor leader appeared to be riled up as he spoke to the travelling journalists accompanying him on the election trail in Marrickville in Sydney’s inner west on Friday.
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3. "Asked how he was feeling about his campaign after contracting Covid-19 a fortnight ago, Mr Albanese asserted he was “match-fit” despite feeling some lingering effects from the virus. #auspoll2022
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4. "Mr Albanese launched into a run-down of the 'pretty heavy program' he had engaged in a day earlier, which included multiple media appearances and a meeting with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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5. "As the press pack began to shout over the top of one another, Mr Albanese threw his arm out and declared 'I’m in charge' of choosing the order in which to take questions." 6/

6. This of course is different to Scott Morrison answering reporters' questions:
"Reporter: Will you resign as leader in the case of a hung parliament?
Morrison: This is choice for the Australian people.
Reporter: That’s not a yes-or-no answer.
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7. Morrison: You get to ask the questions, you don’t get to say what the answer is. My answer to that is - that answer lies in the lap of the Australian people."
PM BLOWS UP AT REPORTER, REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS #auspol