Russell Crowe makes a surprise appearance in the election campaign cutting a dramatic ad for Anthony Albanese – but viewers spot an embarrassing problem
- Russell Crowe has voiced a Labor campaign advert three weeks from electionÂ
- The Gladiator star says: ‘Your vote is powerful. Your vote can change things’Â Â
- Some of the footage in advert was revealed to be stock clips filmed overseasÂ
Russell Crowe has thrown his support behind Anthony Albanese by voicing an advertisement for the Labor leader just three weeks out from the election.
The minute-long clip features Mr Albanese meeting Aussies on the campaign trail as well as stock footage of houses, senior Australians and a farmer in a field of wheat.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted many of the clips were from other countries which Labor simply bought from the internet rather than filming in Australia.
Russell Crowe (pictured with girlfriend Britney Theriot) has thrown his support behind Anthony Albanese by voicing an advert for the Labor leader just three weeks out from the election
These include an elderly lady filmed in the US, a man in a wheelchair filmed in Canada, and a farmer walking through fields of wheat in Slovenia.Â
Gladiator star Crowe – who is a part-owner of Mr Albanese’s boyhood NRL team South Sydney Rabbitohs – speaks over the images as they flash up on screen.Â
‘We can do better. All it takes is a better government with better plans,’ he says.
The advert was played at Mr Albanese’s official campaign launch in Perth on Sunday.
The Labor leader is six points ahead of Scott Morrison in the polls and is on track on form Government – should the polls mirror the actual election results.Â
Mr Albanese also used his Perth speech address to officially unveil the party’s new housing equity scheme.
This clip of a farmer featured in the advert was stock footage filmed in SloveniaÂ
This clip of a man in wheelchair was filmed in Canada, eagle-eyed viewers noted
The Help to Buy scheme will provide an equity contribution of as much as 40 per cent of the purchase price of a new home and up to 30 per cent for an existing dwelling for 10,000 Australians.
Coalition Housing Minister Michael Sukkar said barely anyone would take up the offer because they don’t want ‘Anthony Albanese sitting at their kitchen table and owning part of their home’.Â
Mr Albanese also pledged to build more electric vehicle charging stations with $40million funding matched by the NRMA – as well as a hydrogen refuelling network on 16 busy freight routes.Â
Meanwhile, Mr Morrison has pledged an extra 50,000 older Australians will get access to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card if he is re-elected.
The PM is set to announce an increase in the singles income test threshold – from $57,761 to around $90,000 – from July 1 this year to broaden access to the concession card.
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