‘Vote for us because we are not Labor’ is the most unfulfilling call to action in recent memory

‘Scott Morrison was asked upfront whether or not he had just lost the election ... That was the cue to start pedalling, and pedal they did.’ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Let’s cut to the chase. No prime minister or treasurer wants an interest rate hike in the middle of an election campaign focused on rising living costs.

Not Scott Morrison. Not Josh Frydenberg.