FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 12
WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Melbourne
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Cairns
WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
The government is backing multicultural communities to start new businesses and help elderly migrants access aged care
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:
Only a Labor government would put a case to the Fair Work Commission for higher wages, and legislate to restore penalty rates
WHAT MADE NEWS:
* One Australian has been injured in the bomb blasts that ripped through three churches, three luxury hotels and a guesthouse in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
* Shorten has been left off campaign material in marginal seats because of his unpopularity with voters.
* Labor is awaiting documents from the Agriculture Department which could determine whether or not it commits to a royal commission into the Murray Darling river system management
THEY SAID WHAT?
"You don't pay Versace prices for water that you get from The Reject Shop."
- Labor's environment spokesman Tony Burke isn't impressed by Barnaby Joyce approving a $80 million water purchase
TWEETED:
"@kimbakit & I gave @ScottMorrisonMP a wave as his ComCar went past, but funnily enough he didn't wave back."
- Labor's Kristina Keneally gets no love from the PM as the campaigns cross paths on a Melbourne highway
