It was Labor costings day – and the party took a gamble with a pledge to deepen the deficit in order to invest in productive measures such as childcare. Scott Morrison demonstrated his bulldozer persona at a press conference, while one of his ministers blamed both sides for Wednesday’s tackle of a child playing football. And the government seized on new data showing unemployment had dropped to 3.9%, the lowest in decades.
Two sleeps to go: here’s how Thursday unfolded.
