We’re going to rest the blog for a few hours and pick it up just before Peter Dutton begins his budget-in-reply speech.

It has already been dubbed ‘the speech of his life’ by the Australian, despite not having yet given it and despite the ‘average Australian’, especially those who drive giant gas guzzling utes which cost the better part of a house deposit and who Dutton is aiming his entire election campaign at, absolutely will not be watching. And neither will most undecided voters.

Because shockingly, most Australians have lives and won’t be watching the opposition leader deliver a budget-in-reply speech at 7.30 on a Thursday evening.

But don’t worry! We’ll be watching for you.

So see you around 7.30 – be good and take care of you. Go get a little treat. You deserve it. Ax