Australia election 2025 live updates: Albanese back in Canberra after Labor pledges crackdown on supermarket price-gouging
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PM isn't going far on third day of the campaign
Anthony Albanese will start day three of the federal election campaign where it all started - in Canberra.
After flying visits on Saturday to the Queensland seats of Dickson and Hinkler and Eden-Monaro in NSW, the prime minister will begin Sunday with an interview with David Speers on ABC's Insiders program at 9am.
Among other topics, we can expect Albanese to be asked about Labor's first big policy pledge of the campaign - a commitment to outlaw supermarket price gouging. Share
And welcome to another Sunday Guardian live blog.
Anthony Albanese is beginning the third day of his campaign at the beginning: in Canberra. Peter Dutton's plane is reportedly in the air but where the opposition leader will land is currently unknown.
A returned Labor government has pledged to crack down on price gouging by supermarkets by outlawing the practice. The first major policy announcement of the campaign will involve the establishment of a taskforce to advise on creating an 'excessive pricing regime' for supermarkets to be enforced by the ACCC.
I'm Royce Kurmelovs and I'll be taking the blog through the day.
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