The cost of living likely to dominate the five-week campaign

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Day one of the Labor campaign has begun right in Peter Dutton’s territory. Anthony Albanese has visited an urgent care clinic on Brisbane’s outskirts and in the opposition leader’s marginal electorate. He says Labor is in this election to win seats, not just hang on to office.

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00:00Anthony Albanese is starting his campaign in a surprising spot right in Peter Dutton's

00:06home seat of Dixon.

00:07It's a move seemingly designed to send a message that Labor isn't on the defence of this campaign

00:12but wants to take the fight right up to the Coalition.

00:15This is Peter Dutton's backyard and the Prime Minister is making his first moves of the

00:18campaign in the middle of it.

00:20He's turning to an area seen as a Labor strength, health, pitching Labor's commitments to more

00:25urgent care clinics.

00:26But the strongest message is starting this campaign in Queensland, with the PM insisting

00:31he's in this election to win more seats, not defend those Labor already holds.

00:36I'm out to win new seats.

00:38I'm out to win here.

00:39I'm out to win Brisbane, Griffith and Ryan.

00:41I'm out to win Leicester, I'm out to win Bonner.

00:44You'll see us out and about during this campaign.

00:47I want a majority Labor government.

00:50I want the last seven elections to produce seven different Prime Ministers.

00:56Since 2004 was the last time that a Prime Minister who'd served out a term was re-elected

01:02and that was John Howard.

01:03I think that one of the things that characterised my government isn't just what we have done,

01:09isn't just what we will do going forward.

01:12It is the stability and orderly way in which we have conducted ourselves.

01:17The PM was also asked if he's trying to draw comparisons between the opposition leader

01:21and US President Donald Trump.

01:23Anthony Albanese says he's accusing Peter Dutton of borrowing policy ideas from abroad,

01:28but not naming Mr Trump by name.

01:30Look, I will define Mr Dutton's policies by him rather than by someone else.

01:39It's quite clear though that a range of policies he put forward are things that have been borrowed.

01:47You know, he might run out of policy announcements when he runs out of toner in the photocopier.

01:52It's a busy first day of campaigning for Anthony Albanese.

01:54He'll have multiple events in multiple states.

01:57Expect the campaign to move to some more competitive places soon like New South Wales and Victoria,

02:03where many argue this election will be won.

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