Flooding, 10-year plans dominate campaign trail

The leaders of both major parties have stepped off the campaign trail, this time to inspect flood-inundated areas of Tasmania. It presented an opportunity for the Prime Minister to announce a disaster-assistance package for affected households and businesses partly funded by the Commonwealth. Labor, meanwhile, is challenging the Coalition to back up its budget claims by releasing 10-year policy costings, saying it will do so itself in the coming days.

Bill Shorten, left, and Malcolm Turnbull on campaign trail (AAP)