He is asked again whether he will condemn Jerome Laxale’s father and says:

I don’t talk about people’s families and I think they should be kept out of it, to be very clear.

Q: Do you condemn those comments? Do you condemn the homophobic comments?

Albanese:

Seriously, people’s families should be kept out of it. It’s beneath you, beneath you to ask whether I support homophobic comments. Because of course I don’t. Of course I don’t. And frankly, it’s offensive. Even suggesting it.

Q: You wouldn’t condemn it though?

Albanese:

I don’t attack people’s families, is what I don’t do. I don’t think people should. What I’m concerned about, in terms of people handing out, is the mass handing out of, you know, Exclusive Brethren or whatever they’re calling themselves these days – it frankly doesn’t stack up that hundreds of people have just happened to turn up at polling booths, some travelling across state boundaries to hand out for the Liberal Party wearing Liberal Party suits. What’s the quid pro quo given that organisation doesn’t vote in elections? And given the views that they have.