On the Coalition side, it was the Peter Dutton show (with guest appearances from Sussan Ley and Michael Sukkar)where Albanese was repeatedly when he was told of “the planned mass casualty terror attack against Sydney’s Jewish community?”. This is the second QT in a row where Dutton and the Coalition have made this the priority and today they belled the cat on why – it is part of the ongoing narrative to paint Albanese as weak. Dutton claimed, without evidence, that Albanese was not told as police thought he might leak the information.

He presented this as a “fact” despite the lack of evidence or facts to back it up and then, when pushed on the imputation included in his question revealed everything you need to know about Dutton’s political strategy: “if the prime minister claims to have been misrepresented there are avenues available to him at the end of Question Time to make that point. The statement I have made is a statement of fact. It is a statement of fact”. But based on what? Everything is a contest to Dutton, where his pronouncements are ‘facts’ but actual facts are dismissed as partisan.

Once again, Labor focused all their dixers on cost of living and recent policy announcements; the $1.7bn in additional health funding announced today, the child care fast tracked changes, as well as energy and education. Who Labor chose to ask the questions was also informative, given how close we are to the next election.

Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour was given an early, and prominent question for the second day in a row which shows you how worried Labor is about holding the seat. Labor’s vote in the NT has not recovered from the lashing Labor received in the territory election, where independents also gained a foothold in the Country Liberal Party tsunami to power.

Sally Sitou was also prominent because Reid is one of the seats Labor will also be defending. These little things, at this point of the election cycle matter. It is a way the party can show their MPs have influence and why we don’t pay attention to dixers, MPs can cut them up for their socials and use it to show that they are representing the community. Same with Tracey Roberts, the member for Pearce. Keep an eye on who pops up for the rest of this sitting.