Jim Chalmers had a quick press conference after last night’s debate, where he cleaned up some of the lingering questions Anthony Albanese had stumbled over.

One was over whether or not the government commissioned modelling from Treasury on scrapping negative gearing:

First of all, I want to remind you, I think, as you know, we have been very, very clear. We are not proposing changes to negative gearing. We’ve got a plan for housing, we’ve got a plan for tax, and that’s not in it. We’ve made that clear. And what I’ve said before is entirely consistent with what the Prime Minister said tonight. From time to time, the public service provides us with views on matters that are in the public domain, and that’s what the Prime Minister said tonight.

And when will Australians start to see their energy bills come down?

What we’ve seen in the last year, according to the OECD, is the lowest energy inflation in the developed world, and that’s because of the $300, partly because of the $300 energy bill rebate, that Peter Dutton didn’t support. Energy bills would have been $300 higher last year, if Peter Dutton had his way.

Now we’ve made it really clear that when it comes to getting energy bills down, electricity bills down, we’re providing energy bill rebates at the front end, and we’re introducing more cleaner and cheaper energy into the system. The alternative is these nuclear reactors, which will cost more and take longer and push electricity prices up.

I thought the Prime Minister did a terrific job setting out the choice for Australians, nuclear reactors paid for by secret cuts to Medicare under Peter Dutton, or more renewables, more cleaner and cheaper energy, and energy bill rebates for the Australian people. Because we recognise that even though we’ve got the lowest energy inflation in the developed world over the last year, we still know that Australians are under pressure. That’s why our cost-of-living relief is immediate and ongoing. Peter Dutton is offering no ongoing help.