Prime Minister and Opposition Leader pause campaigning for Good Friday

ABC NEWS (Australia)

After a week of campaign crossfire, the prime minister and the opposition leader have paused for Good Friday. Both are in Sydney and politics is off the agenda or at least, dialled back.

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00:00Good Friday marks a pause from the bark and bite of the election campaign with Prime Minister

00:07Anthony Albanese spotted walking his cavoodle toto through the Sydney suburb of Lane Cove

00:12this morning. A quiet moment in a symbolic seat. Bennelong, once the blue ribbon stronghold

00:18of former Prime Minister John Howard, now held by Labor after a historic win in 2022.

00:25It may have been a dog walk, but even that had a political undercurrent.

00:28In a week where the PM's campaign has crisscrossed the country, targeting key marginals and hammering

00:34home its pitch. Labor's visited close to 10 battleground seats this week, pushing policies

00:40on housing, health, education and cheaper childcare. On housing, it's promising 100,000 new homes and a

00:475% deposit scheme for first home buyers. It's part of a $10 billion pitch to voters locked out of the

00:53market. The message? The turbulence is easing and Labor wants credit for turning down the

00:58economic dial. But the challenge now is cutting through. To the base, the burbs and the politically

01:04blasé. For today, it's hot cross buns over hard sells, but the final sprint is just around the corner.

01:10Early voting opens Tuesday and this campaign is about to rev back up.

01:14Back up.

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