Federal election 2022 live: Tanya Plibersek says PM has ‘given up’ on easing cost of living; NSW records six Covid deaths, Victoria four

It’s Sunday morning and we’re picking up the live blog once more as we head into week five of the 2022 federal election.

Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce is out of the gate early with a quick interview on Channel Nine – more on that later.

Meanwhile both prime minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese will be starting their day in Sydney. The Coalition will be talking about its plans to boost tourism and its $20m commitment promise for wineries, breweries and distilleries, while Labor will be continuing to highlight cost of living pressures.

Tonight Morrison and Albanese will square off in their second leaders’ debate. The event will be broadcast on Nine with the two candidates taking questions from the media.

I’m Royce Kurmelovs, taking the blog through the day. With so much going on out there, it’s easy to miss stuff, so if you spot something happening in Australia and think it should be on the blog, you can find me on Twitter at @RoyceRk2 where my DMs are open.

With that, let’s get started …