WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 20 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
THE BEST LINE
"This government's economic record is pretty bloody hopeless."
- Bill Shorten isn't buying the prime minister's economic claims amid sluggish inflation.
THE BEST LINE (NOT)
"As I will no longer be of pubic (sic) interest, I ask that you please respect my family's privacy at this time."
- An unfortunate typo ended One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson's resignation statement after footage was aired of a strip club romp in which he groped a dancer and made offensive comments.
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"Bill Shorten doesn't know the cost of anything because he's not the one that is going to pay for it."
- Take your pick: Labor's climate policies, tax loophole closures, and plans to pay childcare workers more.
"700 individual measures were set out in the budget before we went out into the campaign. That set out the government's full agenda over the next four years."
- Responding to accusations he doesn't have much of a vision for the country.
LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN
"You and I know this is the most threadbare policy offering in a century of Australian elections."
- Also on Morrison's vision for the country.
"That's like giving yourself a medal for getting up in the morning."
- Increasing pensions in line with inflation twice a year is governmental bread-and-butter.
REAL PEOPLE
"I did actually go back on Instagram and go 'I think that's Scott Morrison and I need to double check with my children', but I did realise in the end."
- Perth voter Kaylee Deere double checking who the man with the media pack on her street was.
THE SUPPORT CAST
"You don't go into the private sector and start providing wage top-ups. By opening up this hornet's nest Bill Shorten has created a circumstance where people now say: Well what about us?"
- Former education minister Simon Birmingham is not impressed with Labor's plans to pay childcare workers more.
