Matt Comyn’s political antennae are too finely tuned to boast about the Commonwealth Bank delivering a half-year profit of $5.13 billion, improved margins, a runaway share price and an ever bigger share of the Australian market.

Not when Australia’s high interest rates and the problem of housing affordability and the cost of living are causing so much distress for so many people. Particularly not when there’s such a difficult election looming for a federal Labor government.