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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Martin

UNBELIEVABLE: Scott morrison uses liberal party campaign launch to set up housing battle with labor - The Untold Story

Prime minister Scott Morrison at the Liberal party campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday
‘I’m seeking a second term because I am just warming up,’ prime minister Scott Morrison said at the Liberal party campaign launch in Brisbane on Sunday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Scott Morrison has promised Australians a “new era of opportunity” if re-elected, while pitching a fight with Labor over a centrepiece housing policy to allow first home-buyers to tap into their superannuation savings.

Setting up a contrast with Labor for the final week of the election campaign, the prime minister used the Liberal party’s official campaign launch to promise a new super home buyer scheme that would allow people to access up to $50,000 of superannuation savings for the purchase of a first home.

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