Anthony Albanese orders take down of Labor attack ad mocking Peter Duttons marriage [Video]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered the Victorian Labor Party to take down a social media post mocking the marriage of Peter Dutton and his wife Kirilly, hours after the image was posted online.

The Victorian ALP had been criticised by Liberal senator James Paterson for launching a personal attack on the opposition leader and his wife by posting a photo of the couple on its Facebook page, with the caption: “Justifying dating your new partner to your friends who don’t like him”.

A spokeswoman for the prime minister said that when the social media post was drawn to Albanese’s attention late on Monday “the prime minister demanded it be taken down. Families should be off limits”.

Dutton had already demanded the prime minister “respect my wife”, as he pledged in a post on X that he …