WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 5 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
THE BEST LINE
"It's show and tell time, Bill."
- Scott Morrison demands details from his opponent.
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"Five weeks to go in the campaign. I am running this election campaign to form a Liberal-National majority government."
- And he isn't paying any heed to the polls showing the coalition will lose.
"Labor and the Greens are as thick as."
- Or maybe he is.
"I'm no Asian languages expert so I'm going to say g'day to everyone."
- Launching Chisholm candidate Gladys Liu's campaign. Probably a good idea after he greeted a Korean woman in Chinese on the weekend.
LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN
"Before you write off our chances, I won't."
- Responding to questions asking what if he fails to win majority government.
"He was happy to have Peter Dutton as prime minister but he's not happy to have Peter Dutton photographed with him in his own electorate."
- On Liberal MP for La Trobe, Jason Wood, resurrecting the Liberal leadership debacle.
REAL PEOPLE
"You're always hearing them promise things. As soon as they get elected they forget about it."
- Cancer patient Rob Gibbs, talking to Bill Shorten on the campaign trail in Victoria.
THE SUPPORT CAST
"I'm very focused between now and the election on ensuring that we have a Morrison government continuing because I think he's the person to lead us."
- Liberal MP Michael Sukkar has had a change of heart after being one of Peter Dutton's key numbers men during last year's leadership challenge.
