FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 26
WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: South coast of NSW (Gilmore)
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Sydney's west (Lindsay)
WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Help for small manufacturing businesses to invest in technology
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:
Hospital emergency departments and cancer patients need greater support
THE LATEST POLLS
* Newspoll in The Australian has Labor ahead of the coalition on 51-49 of the two-party preferred vote. Ipsos for Nine publications has Labor further ahead with 52-48.
* As for the primary vote: Newspoll says Labor's is on 36 per cent (-1); coalition unchanged on 38 per cent. Ipsos says Labor's is 33 per cent (-1); 36 per cent (-1).
WHAT MADE NEWS:
* Josh Frydenberg and Chris Bowen jousted at the Treasurers debate, with no clear winner
* Labor poured cold water on an idea from Paul Keating to overhaul national security agencies
* The two major parties agreed on a third debate to be held on Wednesday in Canberra
THEY SAID WHAT?
"As a Mundine I'm giving him a bit of training on the boxing."
- Liberal candidate for Gilmore Warren Mundine says he's preparing Morrison for the third debate.
TWEETED:
"Scott Morrison is like the Energizer Bunny on steroids."
- LNP senator James McGrath says Morrison has the energy to win the election.
