FIRST FULL WEEK OF FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN
DAY 1
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls election for May 18
* Labor leader Bill Shorten starts his campaign in a suburban Melbourne backyard
DAY 2
* Morrison heads to western Sydney to talk about Labor's $387 billion tax grab
* Shorten, also in western Sydney, outlines more of Labor's package to reduce the cost of dealing with cancer
* Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton comes under fire for comments about his Labor opponent Ali France, who had a leg amputated after a 2011 car accident
DAY 3
* Morrison campaigns in Sydney, talking about youth and indigenous mental health. PM caught on camera saying a Chinese greeting to a Korean woman
* Shorten heads to NSW central coast and Sydney to talk about skin cancer
* Dutton apologises to Ali France
* Labor candidate in the WA seat of Curtin Melissa Parke quits, after a furore over her comments on the Israel-Palestine situation
* Liberals lose three candidates over eligibility questions, after two had citizenship problems and one held a public service job
DAY 4
* Morrison campaigns in Brisbane talking up training for young jobless people
* Shorten campaigns in Sydney pitching Labor's health funding for the states
DAY 5
* Morrison campaigns in Melbourne, speaking about the government's economic credentials
* Shorten is also in Melbourne arguing the merits of health funding versus tax cuts for the wealthy
* Newspoll puts the coalition and Labor primary vote at 39-all but Labor leads in two-party terms 52-48
DAY 6
* Morrison campaigns in Geelong, taking aim at Labor over superannuation taxes
* Shorten visits Adelaide to talk more about health funding
* Tony Abbott says he'd return to the Liberal leadership if it was uncontested
DAY 7
* Morrison heads to Tasmania to talk about regional jobs and Labor's superannuation policy
* Shorten visits Perth to unveil more of the cancer policy
* Treasury reveals laws are needed to bring in part of the coalition's tax cut plan
DAY 8
* Morrison campaigns in Tasmania, taking aim at Labor over tax and climate policies
* Shorten heads to the Northern Territory to talk about indigenous health
* Labor releases figures showing why high-end tax cuts should be scrapped and government debt should be paid down
* Clive Palmer announces he'll run for the Senate in Queensland, while crossbench senator Tim Storer pulls out of the race in South Australia
