Newsworthy: Dutton vows to ‘fight’ Trump, Albo racks up campaign miles & Angus Taylor gives Elon a shout out

Ben O’Shea
The Nightly
Peter Dutton’s campaign was hijacked by talk of Donald Trump, who he vowed to ‘fight’ if need be. Meanwhile there was hijinks on the hustings with Anthony Albanese, as he tried to steal the show during veteran reporter Mark Riley’s tv news

In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea wonders why Peter Dutton has gone from imitating Donald Trump to wanting to “fight” the US President.

Plus, we find out what Anthony Albanese was doing in Melbourne and Tasmania today, and why Angus Taylor gave Elon Musk a plug at National Press Club.

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