The prime minister has more reason than most to be the boots on the ground after 63% of voters said he is not in tune with ordinary Australians
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Anthony Albanese might have expected to have been on his campaign plane on Monday, flying between marginal seats on the first day of the election trail proper.
Instead he’s sloshing around in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred – the weather event that was meant to bear his name and blew his election announcement plan right off course.
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