On that note, we are going to shut the blog down for the long weekend – but we will be back on Monday, bright and early for the final week.

We are also finalising plans for an election night pre-game – we will have Richard Denniss, Ebony Bennett and guests talking through the election, voting and some of Australia’s big issues on Saturday night, before you all turn over to the ABC’s election coverage for Antony Green’s swan song.

And we are working on a commenting feature – so we should be able to talk to you guys directly soon, and hopefully you’ll also be able to have a chat to each other as well.

The next week is going to be INTENSE. So use these next three days to take a few moments away from politics. It’s important.

I’ll chat to you soon, but you can always reach me if you need me – on the socials, or the email.

Until then, do good and take care of you. Ax