Wednesday 18 May 2022 12:34 AM Anthony Albanese sparks outrage as he reveals the first thing he will do if he ... trends now
Scott Morrison has accused Anthony Albanese of being 'a bit presumptuous' after he declared he will have himself sworn in within hours if he wins the election.
The Labor leader said he and foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong would be sworn in on Sunday to depart for a Quad meeting with leaders from India, Japan and the US on Monday.
After making the comments in an interview with The Australian, Mr Albanese was immediately accused of being too confident before polling day.
In 2019 Bill Shorten was mocked after his frontbenchers posted a picture of them posing in Canberra with the caption 'we're ready' ahead of the election.
Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese (right) and shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong
Australian Minister of Defense Peter Dutton (pictured) blasted Mr Albanese for his comments
Defence Minister Peter Dutton blasted Mr Albanese on 2GB radio.
'[This is] hubris writ large. Rather than taking people's votes for granted, they should be getting their costings right,' he said.
'He's taking a lot for granted he think's he's got this in the bag already. He's already packing his bags.'
Mr Dutton also criticised Mr Albanese for planning to take Senator Wong with him, claiming that showed he wasn't up to the job of leading Australia.
Host Ben Fordham likened the opposition leader's plan to those of Labor PM Kevin Rudd in 2007.
He described Mr Albanese's travel plans as a 'very strange own-goal' and said it sounded like he's 'got a bit of the Kevin 07's'.
'Anthony Albanese will put himself in front of Australians on Saturday and Australians will decide who the next prime minister is going to be,' he said.
'But in his mind he's already thinking about going off to Tokyo and hanging out with those world leaders from Japan, India and the US.
Labor were accused of getting ahead of themselves in 2019 with this picture. Chris Bowen posted this Nine newspapers photograph of himself, Bill Shorten, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong and Bill Shorten with the caption 'we're ready'
Anthony Albanese will have himself sworn in within hours if he wins the election, so he can attend an important meeting in Tokyo
'And that's what Kevin 07 suffered from. Always wanting to be on the international stage and forgetting about his home base.'
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