Q: You won the last debate. Does that give you confidence ahead of tonight’s debate, and there’s a significant pro Palestinian protest planned outside that event. Does that concern you? Do you think that your government has done enough when it comes to the Israel-Palestine issue?

Albanese:

I’m certain of one thing, which is that you have to take any campaign day by day. And I don’t think the outcome of the last debate affects tonight’s debate at all. It’s very different.

The last debate was a People’s Choice, if you like, and I was grateful for those people who put their little bit of paper in in the red box, rather than the blue box. And that was a good thing for me.

But I don’t take anything for granted.

I say this about the Middle East Australia has had a consistent position to overwhelmingly, if you go on your door knock around here, you know what Australians want. They want people to have peace and security, but they also don’t want conflict to be brought here in