Just minutes after Leigh Sales told Bill Shorten rather bluntly to “wrap it up” on 7.30, Annabel Crabb turned up to share a home-made meal with Malcolm Turnbull at his daughter Daisy’s house.
With the TV advertising blackout kicking in the night before, the final episode of Kitchen Cabinet two sleeps before polling day had the potential to provide positive images of the prime minister being human.
And at first it delivered, as wife Lucy, Daisy and grandson Jack hung around the kitchen and Turnbull rolled up his sleeves and prepared his signature passata for the ABC’s cameras.
Jack provided the highlight of the show, revealing his name for his grandfather was “Baba”, throwing his arms adoringly around the prime ministerial neck and rolling around on the counter as dinner was being dished up.
This is Baba speaking, I’m the prime minister and I’m telling you the law is that you have to hold mummy’s hand when you cross the road
Baba admitted he had used his authority as prime minister to encourage Jack to abide by the road rules. “I did a little video which we sent to each other on Whatsapp,” he said.