Peter Dutton is speaking to ABC News Breakfast this morning and among his first lines is a lie. There is enough to actually criticise Labor for, without claiming Anthony Albanese and the campaign are doing something they are not.

Asked about the polls, and the vibe, being against him, Dutton says:

We’re the underdog…the Prime Minister’s already talking about a third term. But what I want to talk about…

Albanese says ‘I’m not getting ahead of myself’ or ‘if we are lucky enough to get elected’ a few times a press conference, as does Dutton (after admitting on radio in the first week of the campaign he would prefer to live in Sydney as prime minister) so maybe don’t say anything that’s very simple to fact check?

Because people watching ABC in the morning are engaged and listening to the campaign, which means they would know when something said doesn’t feel right. So what is the point?