While the prime minister answers his next question with an essay, it is worth taking a look at the differences in the leaders today.

Peter Dutton knows he has lost. His press conference was short, his answers shorter, his patience almost non-existent. He did not want to be in the press conference and did not want to be answering questions and had the look of a man who just needed to get through the next day before cocooning himself in his big dumb ute and ignoring the world.

Anthony Albanese, who is naturally more cranky of the two men in terms of personality, on the other hand, is having a ball. He’s answering questions in the future tense, he is talking about upcoming legislation and plans. He is giving very long answers, joking with the press pack and having a laugh. He knows he has won – it is just what the parliament looks like now that is the difference.