Australia's Liberal leader Peter Dutton has held an unofficial election campaign launch today, making his case to become Prime Minister. In front of party supporters in Melbourne, he highlighted housing, immigration, and the economy as the key issues. While Mr Dutton made no new announcements, he did unveil a new slogan, borrowing from a successful conservative campaign across the Tasman, in New Zealand.
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00:00Walking into an election year, with the sounds and slogans of an unofficial campaign.
00:12The coalition government is the only chance to get our country back on track.
00:17The opposition leader using his first pre-election speech of the year to make his case for the
00:22top job.
00:23The newly elected coalition government is the last chance to reverse this decline.
00:28As the coalition tries to gain electoral ground in suburban Melbourne, vying to win back seats
00:33like Aston and Chisholm, where this rally was held.
00:36If we win Chisholm, we're a step closer to winning government.
00:40No policy announcements or detail, though one message was on repeat.
00:44It's time to get Australia back on track.
00:49Get this country back on track.
00:51In an homage to Donald Trump's Make America Great Again, this slogan, the same as the
00:56one used by New Zealand's Conservative Party in their winning campaign last year.
01:01Labor's assessment?
01:02Frankly, pretty arrogant.
01:05This is the man who wants to be Prime Minister of Australia, but not one new idea.
01:09The opposition leader also trying to pre-empt the return of the so-called Mediscare campaign.
01:15They need a new play sheet, honestly.
01:18We will commit to Medicare.
01:20Doing little to stop the government.
01:22People should be very, very afraid of Peter Dutton and Medicare.
01:26This election will be a referendum on the future of Medicare.
01:30Mr Dutton also vowing to bring down the cost of living, rebalance migration and sell the
01:36opposition's nuclear proposal, though some outside voicing their opposition.
01:45This campaign-style rally follows the Prime Minister's blitz of northern and western Australia
01:50last week.
01:52Peter Dutton is trying to evoke a sense of nostalgia for voters in what he's saying were
01:57better days, while Anthony Albanese's message emphasises a future economy.
02:03Two outlooks set to come into sharper focus with an election due by May.