As the election campaign reaches the half-way mark, the Coalition was dragged back into a battle over carbon emissions by Queensland LNP members declaring their net-zero commitment was "flexible" or "dead".

Meanwhile high inflation indicates cost of living pressures are set to worsen, and Labor is struggling with a COVID cluster as their campaign launch in Perth nears.

Sabra Lane and Brett Worthington join David Speers to discuss the third week of the 2022 election campaign.

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