Asked about the Donald Trump announcement that he will be putting a tariff on pharmaceutical drugs “in the not too distant future” because “we want to make a war on drugs” (when really, it just makes the black market stronger) Peter Dutton deflects and blames Anthony Albanese:

I’ve always said that we will stand up for our pharmaceutical sector and our beef sector and every other sector.

We’ll do what’s in our country’s best interest.

And then:

This election is about whether or not you want three more years of Anthony Albanese.

Anthony Albanese has, I think, done great damage to the economy.

Australians have really struggled.

We’ve been living through two years of a household recession in this country. Seven consecutive quarters. That hasn’t happened anywhere else in the world*.

So this election is about – can you afford three more years of a Labor government, particularly if it’s a Labor-Greens government**, which would be big-spending, it would drive up inflation which ultimately drives up interest rates***, and that’s a disaster for young families who have the mortgages that we were just talking about.

Where to begin.

*Grogs has already looked at this and as soon as he is in, I will get him to tell me it again.

**Putting aside whether it would be good or not, Labor has said a million times it won’t go into coalition with the Greens. Engaged people know this. Because Dutton keeps assuming he’s speaking to voters who emerge every day with a blank memory slate and he can spend every day filling their heads with nonsense and they won’t know any better. If you are going to make things up, maybe it should be on things that aren’t able to be fact checked instantly!

***Treasury, the RBA etc – everyone has said the budget Labor has handed down is basically neutral when it comes to being inflationary. As for the election promises, the Coalition has largely matched them or come up with programs which are equally as big. So is that also a disaster for young families?