FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 18
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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: is in Sydney at a rally in Homebush in the seat of Reid before heading to Perth.
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: is in Melbourne at a childcare rally in the seat of Melbourne before heading to Perth.
* Nationals leader Michael McCormack: is in Cairns (Leichhardt) before heading to George Christensen's seat of Dawson in Mackay.
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WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
* The prime minister will announce the government will freeze refugee intake numbers at the current rate of 18,750 a year for the next three years and mana
WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:
* The opposition leader will pledge $4 billion to help 887,000 low-income families access child care.
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THE LATEST POLLS
* A new YouGov/Galaxy poll for News Corp mastheads has the coalition moving up two points on the primary vote to be level with Labor 37 per cent, but still lagging Labor 48-52 on the two-party preferred. A Newspoll is expected to be published on Sunday night.
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WHAT IS MAKING NEWS:
* Peter Dutton's wife Kirrily has defended the hardline home affairs minister, revealing he's been receiving deaths threats and the family now has full-time police protection.
* Both leaders will be flying into Perth later on Sunday and prepping for the first of their head-to-head debates in the West Australian capital on Monday evening
* The anti-Adani convoy, led by Greens founder Bob Brown, will hold a rally in the Galilee basin in central Queensland where the controversial coal mine will be based.
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THEY SAID WHAT?
"Every single family in Australia earning up to $174,000 will get cheaper child care with Labor." - Bill Shorten
"Australia isn't just about growing our population it's about quality of life." Scott Morrison.
"The number of people who actually walked from one side of the street to the other to come up to me and I'd put out my hand and say 'g'day I'm Michael'. They'd say 'we know who you are, we want to tell you we're really worried about our retiree savings'." - Nationals leader Michael McCormack.
