Election campaign day 2: What's happening

The starter's guns has fired on the May 18 election, and Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten have hit the ground running in Sydney's west.

FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 2

WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Sydney

* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Sydney

WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT

Only the coalition can be trusted to manage the economy, electing Labor means $38.7 billion extra in taxes every year for the next decade.

WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:

We'll restore money cut from schools and hospitals, $125 million for cancer research funding.

WHAT IS MAKING NEWS:

* Australian officials are on the way to London after Julian Assange was arrested within the Ecuadorian embassy.

* Morrison and Shorten have agreed to a leaders debate in Perth before May 18.

THEY SAID WHAT?

"Do you remember Sunny my sombrero? He was very useful at the last election when we sent packing three Liberal members of parliament out of Tasmania. Well, Sunny's come out again because what he wants to say to Scott Morrison is: 'Adios amigo'." - Labor Senator Helen Polley in a video on Twitter.

TWEETED:

"I'm biased of course, but @JoshFrydenberg all class turning up to an event with the audience stacked against him and gave a comprehensive and eloquent presentation #KooyongVotes" - Liberal Senator James Paterson


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Published 12 April 2019 6:52am
Source: AAP


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