The focus of the major parties as campaigning wraps up

ABC NEWS (Australia)

For his analysis on where the two major parties are focusing on this final week of the campaigning – here is the ABC’s national political lead David Speers.

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00:00In the final days of this campaign, the closing arguments have, unsurprisingly, returned to

00:08the cost of living.

00:09Today's inflation numbers help Labor's argument.

00:12The worst is now over and better days are ahead.

00:15While not giving advice to the Reserve Bank, the Treasurer is not so subtly pointing to

00:20expectations of several rate cuts to come.

00:23For his part, Peter Dutton's return to that famous question, are you better off?

00:28It was a potent line used against incumbent governments everywhere when inflation was

00:33at its peak.

00:34It's been less successful since then, including in this week's Canadian election, where voters

00:39stuck with the incumbent.

00:41In a sign the Coalition needs something more than just a focus on cost of living, the opposition

00:46leader was also jogging memories of the failed voice referendum and a time when the majority

00:51of Australians disagreed with the Prime Minister.

00:54Labor's rejected any suggestion.

00:55It would seek to revive the voice, but the fate of the Uluru Statement remains uncomfortable

01:01territory for Labor.

01:02Whether it's still an issue for voters, however, is less clear.

01:05is less clear.

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