Major party leaders head for marginal seats on first election campaign day

Leaders deliver policy pledges ahead of first pre-election debate

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten on the 2016 federal election campaign trail. Source: AAP

Senior Coalition and Labor politicians wasted no time in trying to win over voters -- spruiking their policies on the first official day of the federal election campaign.


As they head into the eight week pre-election period by visiting marginal seats in Queensland, the latest opinion polls puts the two major parties neck and neck.


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