Anthony Albanese shrugs off unemployment gaffe as Scott Morrison blasts 'staggering' slip up

Finn McHugh
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Updated April 12 2022 - 4:55pm, first published 12:00pm

Anthony Albanese says his day one gaffe had "no consequences for real people" and pledged to "shake it off" as he attempts to rebound from a disastrous start to his election campaign.

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Finn McHugh

Finn McHugh

Federal Political Reporter

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal Politics Reporter

Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.

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