After trying to defend Sussan Ley’s attack against Anthony Albanese wearing a Joy Division t-shirt (which as the ABC host rightly points out, was an issue not touched by any of Australia’s major Jewish groups yesterday or in the days since he stepped off the plane wearing it) shadow housing minister Andrew Bragg turns to his Coalition colleague Bridget McKenzie saying it was not the job of Nationals MPs to get Liberals elected.

Bragg told the ABC:

The Liberal Party has to look after itself but, clearly, we’re in coalition with the Nats. That’s something that’s held the country in good stead for many decades. And I hope that continues for many years. Because ultimately, we want to see the centre-right be maintained as a serious political force. That’s the best thing for our democracy. And that’s why we’re working through all these issues with the Nats. Look, I know that you probably find interesting to talk about, but we do have a culture of openness in the Liberal Party and the National Party, and we seem to talk about a lot of things. I mean, frankly, I wonder what the nation would talk about if the Liberal Party died. Because I think we’d sort of run out of things to discuss.

Later in the interview Bragg says net zero is a “non-negotiable’ for him.