Peter Dutton has walked away from recession claims though

Q: Mr Dutton, CPI figures are out today. If inflation falls, is that a vindication of Labor’s economic success?

Dutton:

Let’s hope that CPI comes down because interest rates have risen on 12 occasions under the Government. They’ve only come back once. And a big-taxing Labor-Greens government will be a disaster for the economy. I want to deliver our positive plan which will bring interest rates down because we’ll be able to bring inflation down because the Liberal Party is always a better economic manager and interest rates have been higher for longer under Labor. They’ve come down in the US and the UK and Canada and New Zealand before they’ve come down in Australia and that’s because the Government here has spent more than they have in 40 years and that’s kept up inflation. A Liberal Government will be better for the economy, better for inflation and better to help you with the cost-of-living pressures you’re feeling.