Peter Dutton, who some journalists have made the point has been more available in answering questions this campaign, compared to Anthony Albanese (he hasn’t been, he’s just better at deflecting) is now not answering questions he finds uncomfortable (something he has been doing all campaign, but there are just more of them now)

Q: Regarding your candidate for Fowler, you played a game of ‘what about’ when asked about it. Isn’t it true that if a Labor candidate had made discrimatory remarks about Indigenous Australians, you would be calling for that candidate to stand down or be disendorsed?

Dutton:

I answered that question earlier.

Q: Mr Dutton, I am being tricky but you are not answering today – you do have a go at Anthony Albanese for not being transparent, for lying. Are you being tricky with your own truth at the moment?

Dutton:

No. I have answered the questions before. The red herrings and all the rest of the distractions that people want to throw out there, they are dealing with the reality of the week. This week is about cost of living, about what will decide the election. And what will decide the election is whether or not Australians will decide they can afford three more years of Labor and I don’t think they will.

I mean, just because the Coalition campaign has decided that cost of living is its theme this week, doesn’t make it what the week is about.