WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 18 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
THE BEST LINE
"As we give the subsidies to parents, we don't want the operators saying 'mmm yummy, we like that $2000 subsidy and we'll increase the cost of fees'."
- Labor Leader Bill Shorten on protecting parents' promised cuts to childcare fees under his policy.
THE BEST LINE (NOT)
""That's his business."
Goverment minister Alan Tudge on money owed to workers by Clive Palmer.
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"If you believe in immigration being a key part of Australia's future, which I do, and my party does, then you're sure you have an immigration program which is sustainable."
- The prime minister on capping the immigration intake.
LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN
""From next July we will put more money back in the pockets of working Australian families."
Mr Shorten announcing a $4 billion childcare package.
THE SUPPORT CAST
"I have been actually really worried that this campaign is probably the dirtiest and the most negative in my 20 years of politics."
- Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plbersek.
"The Labor Party will attempt to smear or create destructions on the side."
- Liberal campaign spokesman Simon Birmingham responding to Ms Plibersek.
"I won't take lectures about Tanya Plibersek and anything she says because of the company she keeps."
- Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, referring to her association with left-wing columnist Van Badham.
