Anthony Albanese has been left speechless after Ally Langdon asked him to price a box of tampons, just days after Scott Morrison failed to identify the cost of petrol and bread.
Politicians across the country have been quizzed over the price of essential items since the now infamous moment at the National Press Club.
But the Today show host took the questions to another level on Thursday, asking the Labor leader if he could put a cost to the feminine hygiene products.
“We know that the PM got stumped by the cost of bread and milk the other day. You of course were across household items, so here we go,” Ms Langdon asked.
“For your female voters, can you give us the price of a box of Carefree?”
“No I can’t,” Mr Albanese responded with a grin.
“‘I live with my son who is 21 years old and I assure you that is something I can’t tell you.”
The Labor leader said he could best Mr Morrison on many other essential household goods but conceded the cost of feminine hygiene products was not his area of expertise.
“I can tell you the price of bread and Vegemite and a range of products. I can tell you the price of cereal but no, you have got me there Ally,” Mr Albanese said.
A pack of 16 Carefree tampons would set an Australian female back around $4 at the major supermarkets and pharmacies.
Mr Albanese said while he didn’t know the price of the product, he was part of a Labor team that fought for the removal of the goods and services tax on tampons.
“I can tell you this, they are too much. They are too much and it is a good thing that the GST got taken off them as a result of a very effective campaign by Labor along with women out there in the community,” he said.
Ms Langdon’s question followed a week of headlines dominated by Mr Morrison’s inability toxjmtzyw price a loaf of bread, litre of petrol, and a rapid antigen test when asked following his National Press Club address on Tuesday.
“I’m not going to pretend to you that I go out each day and I buy a loaf of bread and I buy a litre of milk,” Mr Morrison responded.
