Federal Labor is refusing to list the electorates benefiting from one of its centrepiece health commitments, despite the party's frontbenchers and candidates spruiking new medical clinic locations across social media platforms.The clinics would cost $135 million over the next four yearsOpposition Leader Anthony Albanese announced, based at existing GP clinics, at a cost of $135 million over the next four years.
"We are identifying broad areas of need," Shadow Health Minister Mark Butler told the ABC last month. So far the locations appear to be evenly split between Labor and Coalition electorates — but at least 12 sites are in marginal seats, with five in government-held electorates the Opposition is hoping to snatch at the May 21 election.Mr Albanese was in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, standing alongside Labor candidate for Hunter Dan Repacholi to pledge the first of the clinics would be set up in Cessnock.
The federal opposition is bullish about its chances there, despite not having held the seat for decades, after huge swings to Labor in the area at the March state election.
Is this the best you can do?
“Story template” - the placeholder you use when you haven’t yet found which way you will attack the progressive parties yet?
ABC aiding and abetting the Morrison govt with click bait headline How bloody predictable
ABC headline built for clicks
Is this headline a joke?