The prime minister has chosen ABC Brisbane host Ellen Fanning as his first interview after the interest rate cut.

In a forward sizzle to the the pre-recorded interview, Fanning says Albanese suggested a budget was coming (which he would) but spent most of the interview trying to frame Peter Dutton:

I’m certainly not getting ahead of myself. I noticed Peter Dutton’s measuring up the curtain. He’s got to do the hard work. He hasn’t done the hard work.

‘Measuring the curtains’ is exactly what Scott Morrison used to accuse Albanese of doing in the lead up to the 2022 election.