Can you pass our political pop quiz?

Bob Katter and George Christensen team up for a cause last year. Picture: Matt Taylor

1. Anthony Albanese couldn’t name the Reserve Bank’s cash rate. What is it?

2. Scott Morrison didn’t know the cost of a loaf of bread. How much does a white block from Bakers Delight in Cronulla cost?

3. What is the current annual inflation rate (Consumer Price Index)?

4. Kevin Andrews is retiring at the May election. To the closest thousand, what is the yearly amount he is estimated to be eligible to claim on the gold-plated pension for life scheme?

5. What’s the current national unemployment rate and underemployment rate?

6. Labor has ditched plans to review the JobSeeker rate. What is the maximum weekly payment for a single person without kids?

7. What is the maximum basic pension payment per week for someone in a couple? 

8. After Harvey Norman posted a record profit, Gerry Harvey belatedly repaid how much of the $22m received in JobKeeper payments?

9. John Hewson famously fluffed how much a birthday cake costs. What is the GST rate? And how much will a vanilla Viennetta, Albo’s favourite childhood treat, cost you at Woolworths?

10. It’s forecast to hit 33C in Darwin today. What would a pint of Guinness at the city’s Shenannigans Irish Pub set you back?

11. Josh Frydenberg has shelved plans to bring forward the stage-three tax cuts for middle- and ­higher-income earners. How many individual income tax brackets are there for Australian residents?

12. George Christensen’s defection to One Nation makes him eligible to pocket a taxpayer-funded payment of: a) $50,000, b) $25,000, or c) $105,000

13. If Labor wins the election, who will be defence minister?

14. Geelong Council is considered building Australia’s next Big Thing. What big item has got the backing of ScoMo, Albo and Daniel Andrews?

15. How many zeros are there in a trillion?

16. What would a banh mi (pork roll) set you back at Tony’s Vietnamese Bakery in Cabramatta in the western Sydney seat Labor’s Kristina Keneally was parachuted into?

17. What was named as the Best Beach of Australia for 2022 by ScoMo’s old stomping ground, Tourism Australia?

18. Joe Hockey once advised Australians wanting to buy their first home to “get a good job that pays good money”. What’s the average weekly earnings for adults working full time in Australia?

19. Adam Bandt has a plan to “help you get a home, in a place you want to live, for $300k”. What’s the median house price in Melbourne?

20. Jacqui Lambie told her Facebook followers in 2019: “You guys know I like my sausage.” If you go to Bunnings Warehouse in Brisbane this weekend, what would a sanga (onions underneath) and a can of soft drink set you back?

21. It’s not a race, but a two-pack of Rapid Antigen Tests costs what at Chemist Warehouse?

22. What was the average price of unleaded petrol this week in Perth?

23. Barnaby Joyce likes to complain about the “latte-sipping, inner-city trendies”. How much do two slices of smashed avocado toast cost at Cafe Vivaldi in Tamworth?

24. Which territory gets more Senate seats, the ACT or NT?

25. If the Coalition wins, who will be health minister?

26. Bob Katter wants to arm children in every classroom. What is the youngest age you can apply for a weapons licence in Queensland?

27. Out of the 47 car parks promised in the run-up to the 2019 election, how many have been built?

28. What will the AUKUS submarine contract cost and when will the subs be ready?

29. Which team won the AFLW grand final? And what is their captain’s name?

30. What is the alleged dollar amount Alan Tudge’s ex-lover and former staffer is expected to receive as a compo payout?

BONUS QUESTION: Is Tudge still a cabinet minister?

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The answers

1 – 0.1 per cent; 2 – $4.40; 3 – 3.5 per cent; 4 – $200,000; 5 – 4 per cent and 6.6 per cent; 6 – $321.35; 7 – $339.50; 8 – $6.02m; 9 – 10 per cent and $7; 10 – $10.40; 11 – 5; 12 – c) $105,000; 13 – It depends who you ask (will also accept Richard Marles); 14 – A big ute; 15 – 12; 16 – $7.80; 17 – Misery Beach, Albany (Western Australia); 18 – $1,748.40; 19 – $1.1m; 20 – $4 total ($2.50 for the sanga and $1.50 for the drink); 21 – $16; 22 – $1.60 a litre; 23 – $16.50; 24 – It’s a trick question, they both get two; 25 – It depends who you ask (will also accept Anne Ruston); 26 – 11; 27 – 6; 28 – TBC (minimum $70bn) and TBC (maybe 2040); 29 – The Adelaide Crows and Chelsea Randall; 30 – $500,000. Bonus Question: It depends who you ask.