Australia election 2025 live: Albanese says ‘we’re good mates’ and Plibersek insists they are ‘buddies’ after awkward greeting at campaign launch | Australian election 2025

Following the morning rush (and before Peter Dutton stands up for his presser today), let’s jump back for a moment to what actually went down at the major party launches yesterday.

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We’ve got you covered on what we learned from Albanese and Dutton’s speeches yesterday – the sort of vision they have for the next parliamentary term, as well as what those housing policies actually mean and what impact they’ll have.

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Here was Albo’s speech:

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Here was Dutton’s:

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And here’s a full deep dive on their housing promises:

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Our own Josh Butler asks the PM about Australia’s bid to host the COP climate conference and the criticism from the opposition that it would cost billions of dollars.

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Albanese says the bid hasn’t yet been won, but he’s still committed to hosting – and if won, the conference would be held in Adelaide:

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It’s a ridiculous statement [from Dutton]. The fact is that holding a COP a climate change conference internationally produces revenue as well. It’s an economic boost for wherever it’s held. We do have the bid in, it will be determined at the climate change conference later this year.

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You know, every Pacific leader remembers what my opponent said about water lapping at their doors, and that is our credibility in the region is really important, and that’s why this joint bid overwhelmingly has the support of the Pacific.

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Albanese adds that his government has been able to repair Australia’s relationship in the Pacific due to its stronger stance on climate change. Malinauskas says he’s “very grateful” to the PM for Adelaide being picked to potentially host the event.

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The PM is asked about … that … moment at the Labor launch yesterday when he blocked a hug and kiss from Tanya Plibersek, and whether he’ll keep her in the environment portfolio for another three years.

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Albanese says the pair are “good mates”.

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You know what … Tanya Plibersek has been a friend of mine for a long period of time. We live in neighbouring seats. We’re good mates, and she’s doing a fantastic job.

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The pair have had more than one awkward moment recently, most notably when Albanese helped to tank a deal Plibersek had struck with the Greens and independent senator David Pocock to pass Labor’s legislation for a new environmental protection agency. Albanese has since promised that if Labor gets in again, he’ll put a new EPA on the table.

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Going back to Angus Taylor on RN Breakfast for a moment, he was asked: has his party has abandoned fiscal responsibility to chase votes?

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Neither party has really outlined how exactly they’ll be paying for these major new commitments, worth billions of dollars, announced over the weekend. Taylor denies that and insists their budget position will be better than Labor’s.

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Absolutely not. Look, we’ve opposed over $100bn of Labor spending that we think, at a time like this, is wasteful …

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We will come out with our costings before the election… our budget position will be stronger than Labor’s.

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One moment you might have missed during Labor’s campaign launch yesterday was when the prime minister seemed to block a hug from Tanya Plibersek, as he greeted members of his frontbench in the crowd (Jim Chalmers gave him a backslap while the former PM Julia Gillard shook his hand and Albanese held her arm up in the air.)

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But when it came to Plibersek, the environment minister went in for a hug and a kiss – and Albanese grabbed both her hands to block her from getting any closer.

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It was a little awkward.

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Plibersek was asked about the moment on Sunrise, who said she should have “done the elbow-bump”.

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I reckon we should still all be elbow-bumping. During an election campaign, the last thing you want is to catch a cold from someone. So that’s on me. I should’ve done the elbow-bump, I reckon.

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Asked if she and PM still get on, she said:

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Yeah, of course!

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Still buddies?

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We’re buddies!

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You can watch the exchange below:

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An awkward moment between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek has been caught on camera during a Labor campaign rally.#auspol #awkwardmoment #anthonyalbanese #albo #tanyaplibersek #labor #caughtoncamera #sunriseon7

WATCH SUNRISE FOR MORE | @7plus pic.twitter.com/gy9w07Whb3

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The Greens will launch an election plan today to make university and Tafe free, a priority they say they will push for in the instance of a minority government.

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Adam Bandt will join the deputy leader and spokesperson for higher education senator, Mehreen Faruqi, in the prime minister’s seat of Grayndler to launch the commitment.

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Under the plan, the federal government would cover all fees for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at public universities and Tafes. It is estimated to cost $46.5bn over the forward estimates.

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The Greens say the funding would be covered by their previously announced policy of taxing big corporations, citing figures showing in 2023-2024, the federal government collected almost five times more from students ($5.1bn) than from petroleum companies through the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax (PRRT) ($1.1bn).

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Bandt said the prime minister benefitted from free university education but “refuses to give young people the same opportunity”. He said if Anthony Albanese studied the same degree today, a bachelor of economics at the University of Sydney, it would cost $50,992.

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In a wealthy country like ours, everyone should be able to have a good-quality education. One in three big corporations pay zero tax. We should tax big corporations and billionaires to fund what we all need, like free tertiary education.

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Experts predict we’re headed for a minority parliament. This election, the Greens will keep Dutton out and get Labor to act on cost of living relief for young people, including by wiping all student debt and making university and Tafe free.

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Labor has pledged to cut 20% of all student debt if it wins the election and create 500,000 fee-free Tafe places.

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Krishani Dhanji with you as we kick into week three of the election after a massive weekend when both major parties officially launched their campaigns.

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Housing was the big focus of Sunday, and we’ll see plenty of reaction to those policies today – as each party tries to justify why its sweeteners or incentives are better.

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The Greens are announcing their plan to make university and Tafe free, which they say will cost about $46.5bn over the forward estimates.

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We’ll bring you all the updates as they happen!

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