The by-election battle for the seat of Aston has stepped up a notch, with Anthony Albanese taking aim at Alan Tudge who 'just sat there occupying the space' in Parliament.
Mr Albanese launched a blistering attack on Mr Tudge's performance in Parliament since the Coalition was dumped from office as he campaigned alongside Labor's Aston candidate Mary Doyle in Wantirna, Melbourne's outer-east, on Thursday. in February citing health and family reasons after serving in Parliament since 2010.
"He's now resigned, causing a by-election, and Mary Doyle has continued to be an outstanding advocate for this community, in the lead-up to the last election but beyond as well." Mr Albanese has conceded Labor faces a difficult task to wrestle the seat from the Liberal Party but claimed they were more interested in infighting than representing the electorate. "No government has won a seat off the opposition for a century during a by-election. So the opposition, the Liberal Party, start as very strong favourites."But the truth is that the modern Liberal Party are too busy fighting each other to worry about fighting for the interests of the people of Aston.
"This is an opportunity for the people of Aston to do two things – one, to have a voice in government who can make a real difference," Mr Albanese said. "They need to do better than have a leader, a bloke who told Melbournians that they weren't safe to go out at night, who attacked Victorians during the pandemic consistently.
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