00:00No tilt at the three years ahead comes without a gesture to the past.
00:07A solitary former Labor Prime Minister among the hand-felt welcomes in the West,
00:13a trio of Liberal leaders turned out in the East.
00:17In Sydney, they pondered a question.
00:19Do you feel better off after three years of Anthony Albanese?
00:22No!
00:23In Perth, they considered a pitch.
00:26We are asking for the opportunity to keep building, to reward your hard work.
00:33All a prelude to a day dedicated to addressing dwindling dreams on the home front.
00:39I will be a Prime Minister who restores the dream of home ownership.
00:44Labor stands up for Australian values and we're backing the great Australian dream.
00:49You'll be able to buy your first home with just a 5% deposit.
00:56It would allow every first home buyer to need only a 5% deposit, avoiding mortgage insurance.
01:04It wouldn't be means tested, but there would be a limit to the property price,
01:08depending where you want to buy.
01:10The second, a $10 billion set of grants, loans and equity ownership stakes
01:16to build 100,000 new homes reserved only for first timers.
01:21From the Coalition, a tax break.
01:23Its promising interest on mortgage repayments could be deducted from the annual tax bill
01:28of first home buyers.
01:29It would be restricted to new homes only and means tested.
01:34To get it, singles must earn less than $175,000 or a couple $250,000.
01:41The cost to all other taxpayers comes to $1.25 billion over four years.
01:47The benefit for a couple on average incomes?
01:50They will benefit about $11,000 a year over the five years, so in that case about $55,000.
01:56When Australians have heard me say that I want to be the Prime Minister for home ownership,
02:00for home affordability, for home accessibility, I mean it.
02:03Peter Dutton threw in an extra sweetener, a tax offset for those earning less than $144,000.
02:10These tax cuts will save families with two incomes as much as $2,400.
02:16Then, after an almost hour long address, he brought the slogan home too.
02:21Let's make sure that we can get this great country that we love back on track.
02:26Thank you so much.
02:29His task is monumental, and for almost a century unachievable, to defeat a first-term government.
02:36Peter Dutton needed a cut-through moment to propel his campaign.
02:41His housing gambit is arguably his biggest shot in three years.
02:46It now has only three weeks to work.
02:49This card is green and gold for a reason.
02:57As incumbents drilled in the familiar, Anthony Albanese did pull out one more surprise,
03:02a $1,000, no questions asked, tax write-off for up to six million people.
03:08Just tick the box, and your return's ready to go.
03:13Return being exactly what he has in mind.
03:16Every one of us, building Australia's future together.
03:20On the path to the 3rd of May.
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