We’re a week in to the federal campaign and I don’t want to alarm you, but this election might just turn out to be about policy.

Is this how politics is supposed to work?

Sure we’ve had campaign mascots gyrating on posters, and the odd candidate faux pas, but the early focus has stayed firmly on income tax, superannuation and climate policy.

Maybe it’s a reflection of the candidates, or voters growing tired of pollies bickering about personality - but for the first time in a long time it’s ideas that are getting all the oxygen.

This week on Please Explain, chief political correspondent, David Crowe, and our deputy federal editor Stephanie Peatling join the panel to dissect the first week of 2019's campaign.

We also check in with our political correspondents on the ground: Michael Koziol with the Prime Minister in Tasmania, and Shane Wright who's on the road with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

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