Does Jim Chalmers think that Anthony Albanese is a ‘confidence player?’ He tells the ABC:

That was a mistake to underestimate him so I think first and foremost the prime ministers performance [is to thank for the campaign]

Secondly I think the way that we got back in the game on the cost of living. I think by most measures, public and private polling, we were at parity on the cost of living or better in some polls. In some of the research that I have seen, the question of under which side of politics would you be better off in three years, we ended up ahead on that measure in research that I have seen so the economy became a positive rather than a negative.

I think the interest rate cut was part of the story.