Wednesday 18 May 2022 11:22 PM Bizarre moment Anthony Albanese claims Australia's borders are CLOSED trends now
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Anthony Albanese has bizarrely claimed Australia's borders are closed even though they have been open since February.
In an interview on ABC News Breakfast on Thursday morning, Mr Albanese claimed the closed border was helping to keep unemployment down.
Host Lisa Millar asked him: 'Two days before an election campaign though and an unemployment rate sitting so low will surely give the government a boost for their argument about how they run the economy?'
The Labor leader - who hopes to run the country after the election on Saturday - said: 'Our borders are closed, Lisa. Our borders are closed. People are doing it tough.
'That's having an impact on employment figures, we know that that's the case. But we know as well that people are really doing it tough.
'We want an economy that works for people, not people working for the economy. That's why we'll take the pressure off the cost of living by offering cheaper child care, cheaper electricity prices'.
In fact Australia's borders have been open to residents since November 2021.
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