OK, what is with these questions – not on what a Dutton government would do differently, but a dixer on what the Coalition think has gone wrong?

Q: What danger is there for you that voters stick with the devil they know?

Dutton:

How can we help families and how can we help businesses get through this really difficult period under Labor? This is three years that people want to forget. It’s a 3-year lost period for our country. If you’re a family with an average mortgage you’ve gone back $50,000 under this government.

The Prime Minister is promising 70 cents a day by way of tax cut in 15 months time which shows he’s completely out of touch with Australians and where they’re at at the moment. Our plan is to provide immediate assistance from day one with a 25 per litre reduction in unleaded and diesel. That will have a positive impact not just for families, to help them out if they’re a 2-car family, probably about $30 a week.(This has already been shown to be overstated)

With our other policies, we can help business bring their costs down as well so we don’t see further increases in electricity costs, gas prices and groceries. Families are putting items out of their trolley, back on to the shelves under this government because they can’t afford the bill when they get to the checkout. People are stopping going to the doctor’s under the Albanese government because they can’t afford the out of pocket expense.

That’s the economy that Labor has created. And if we see further actions out of the US, or retaliatory action from China or other countries, then there is a very significant chance of a recession in the US, of a global recession otherwise. And those waves, huge tsunami waves will hit our shores in no time at all.

We need a government able to deal with it. That’s what Angus and I and Jane and our team offer to the Australian people at the next election.