Albanese changes tune, Dutton eyes Sydney and another citizenship saga as campaign begins

You don’t need to look too closely to see the scars left by the 2022 election campaign. “This is the most comprehensive modelling ever done for any policy by any opposition in Australia’s history since federation,” then opposition leader Anthony Albanese insisted. Albanese’s (at the time) beloved modelling was meant to be a road map for an energy policy that would see household power bills fall $275 by 2025. Fast-forward to 2025 and not a bill cut in sight, the now prime minister has a different take. “RepuTex modelling was RepuTex modelling that they put out,” he said today. The…