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.