FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 35
WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED:
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Geelong (Corangamite, Liberal-held but notionally Labor 0.03 per cent), Wangaratta (Indi, Independent 5.5 per cent) and Sydney (Labor 15.3 per cent).
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Perth (Pearce, Lib 3.6 per cent).
WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:
Helping first home-buyers and infrastructure investment, but definitely not Morrison's beliefs towards same-sex marriage.
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:
Its plan to make it easier for workers to have wage theft claims dealt with.
WHAT MADE NEWS:
* Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirms the coalition will release its updated costings on Thursday, two days out from the election.
* About three million Australians had voted early by close of business on Tuesday, compared to 1.6 million at the same point in the 2016 election.
* Psychic Darwin-based croc 'Burt' picks Shorten as the election winner.
THEY SAID WHAT?
"The Labor Party will tax your aspiration, they'll tax your inspiration, and they'll tax your perspiration."
- Attack lines are no sweat for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
TWEETED:
"Well, never thought I would agree with Barnaby. A vote for the Liberals is a vote for another 3 years of Coalition Chaos, Dysfunction and basically, stuff the rest of us."
- Labor's Justine Keay responds to a news article where Barnaby Joyce says Senate voting disagreements could end in "utter chaos" for the coalition.
