00:00A cup of tea with a couple of constituents set to benefit from their first ever interest
00:12rate cut.
00:13I think 115 a month, which is great, just that peace of mind that it is going down.
00:19That's the message the Prime Minister's hoping disgruntled voters will hear.
00:23These have been difficult times.
00:26Australians had to endure COVID and then the impact of global inflation.
00:30But what we are seeing is that we're heading in the right direction.
00:33For many Australian families, this will be too little, too late.
00:38The very strong indication from the Reserve Bank Governor is we're not going to see a
00:42lot of rate cuts.
00:43The nation's newspapers also striking a cautious tone, clearly irking a treasurer banking on
00:50a rate cut to boost Labor's fortunes.
00:52I think the Liberal Party and their cheerleaders in the media were really disappointed when
00:57rates were cut and we see that reflected in the commentary.
01:00For such a highly anticipated announcement, met with cheers inside the Labor Party, you
01:05can perhaps understand the treasurer's frustration.
01:08On the eve of an election and trailing the Coalition in all published opinion polls,
01:13Labor's hoping this interest rate cut will act as a circuit breaker and give the party
01:18all important momentum as it heads into the campaign.
01:22Hello?
01:23The major parties aren't the only ones getting ready.
01:26Good morning everybody.
01:27Gone is the United Australia Party, enter the Trumpet of Patriots, a mouthful even for
01:32its leader.
01:33Do they want to vote for the Trumpet of Patriots?
01:36The party's registered and plans to run candidates at the election.
01:40The party believes in the policies of Donald Trump.
01:43At the last election, Clive Palmer spent $123 million to get one UAP Senator elected.
01:50But it was in 2019 when his millions made their mark, funding an anti-Labor advertising
01:57blitz that contributed to Labor's shock loss.
02:01People are entitled to run, but it's a distortion of democracy when you have an individual spending
02:06$100 million on a campaign.
02:10A great disruption Labor could do without.
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