WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 8 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
THE BEST LINE
"Do you want to see more Tasmanians calling Tasmania home, and more mainlanders calling Tasmania home?"
- Scott Morrison addresses a slightly wary crowd of party faithful at a campaign rally in Launceston.
THE BEST LINE (NOT)
"He's the cutter in chief."
- Bill Shorten attacks the prime minister's record on school and health funding.
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"Do you think that your money is better off in your pocket, or in Bill Shorten's pocket?"
- Boiling down to basics on tax policy.
"My brother's a paramedic, so thanks, Al, and to all of your team back in New South Wales and what they'll be doing up there."
- Personalising the road safety message ahead of the Easter long weekend.
LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN
"He's the cutter-in-chief of schools, cutter-in-chief of hospital, cutter-in-chief of services."
- Shorten will never forget his opponent was treasurer before being PM
"It's so intellectually dishonest it doesn't deserve to be talked about ... Fundamentally, it's a stupid position not to take action."
- On how the coalition calculated its $35 billion costing of his climate policy.
REAL PEOPLE
"Probably the best of a bad bunch." - A voter reflects on Scott Morrison, with this to say about Bill Shorten: "He's alright, I like his wife."
THE SUPPORT CAST
"It is good news, but that good news is all at risk. It is all at risk of Bill Shorten if elected to government."
- Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash reflects on the latest employment figures.
