Hello and welcome to Friday! We have made it through the first week of the election campaign. Almost. Just one month to go!

Today is still dominated by Anthony Albanese’s stumble off a stage. (jks, although it is being labelled a ‘campaign mishap’ by the right wing press, so yup – we called it!). It is still all about Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Coalition remains just as delusional that there was a “better deal” for Australia.

As if Trump didn’t make his entire election campaign about doing this.

As if Trump doesn’t always do what he says.

As if Australia didn’t actually come through comparatively lightly.

As if Peter Dutton – PETER DUTTON, and we assume David Coleman (the shadow foreign affairs minister in case you have forgotten – most people do) could somehow get Trump to change his mind through their sparkling personalities and charm.

Because lets remember here, the Coalition are not saying they would deviate from what the lines the Albanese government has set in terms of biosecurity, regulation of the tech giants and the PBS. So what extra cards do the Coalition have?

‘We’d stick to the same guns, but he’d just like us better’ is as flimsy as the Coalition’s policy platform.

But yet, here we are.

News Corp have an event in western Sydney today, so no doubt both leaders will make their way to that at some point today.

It’s at least a four coffee day. And a sweet treat. Go on.. You’ve earned it.

Ready? Let’s get into it.