1 week Ago By Kat Wong
After a day of close canine encounters, the prime minister might be barking up the right tree. Login or signup to continue reading Anthony Albanese has basked in the sun and attention of curious voters as he walked through a busy Sunnybank food court in Brisbane's inner south with his fiancee Jodie Haydon. Schoolkids let out a long and synchronised "wow" when discovering Mr Albanese was in the vicinity and members of the local Chinese community clamoured for a photo, with one picking up his sausage dog and chasing the prime minister after he visited an award-winning gelato store.
But not everyone was so enthusiastic. Asked if she liked Mr Albanese, a bystander said her opinion made little difference. "He will do his job, and we will do ours," she told AAP in Mandarin.
The prime minister was in the safe seat of Moreton, held by Labor on a 9.1 per cent margin, but his visits to other electorates have arguably been less forthcoming. A Rising Tide activist tried to heckle him on his way out of the press conference on Tuesday morning.
"The fossil fuel era is over," she said. "When are you going to stop approving new oil and gas?" Later in the morning, a man wearing a Conservative Political Action Conference cap yelled at the prime minister as he toured an early voting centre in the coalition electorate of Bonner. "What's a woman?" he said.
"What are you going to do about the price of housing?" The prime minister has said he won't let heckling incidents stop him from interacting with the public, having toured three Sydney pre-polling booths on Monday. However, the dog days could soon be over for the prime minister as a different species of pollster moves in his favour. The fate of Mr Albanese's campaign was placed in the snouts of predictive pooches during an FM radio blitz.
Suki, Snapper and Marlin, who belong to the crew of the Robin and Kip with Corey Oates radio show, were positioned to choose between two treat plates: a red one for Labor and blue for the Liberals. As the humans vacated the room, Suki and Snapper made a beeline for the Labor dish while Marlin took a moment to ponder before following suit. The hosts also discussed Mr Albanese's own cavoodle as the prime minister brandished fresh socks emblazoned with his fur-baby's face.
"I share custody of Toto with my ex-wife," he told KIIS radio. With voters heading to the ballot box on Saturday, human pollsters also tip the election in Labor's direction. Mr Albanese on Tuesday spruiked new construction in the inner seat of Griffith where the Greens housing spokesman made his name.
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