FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 20
WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: in his Sydney electorate of Wentworth before travelling to Melbourne for the Michael Long walk.
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: expected to campaign in marginal Labor seat McEwen, held by a slim margin of 0.2 before going to Dream Time match at the AFL.
WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
* Labor's backflip on the schoolkids' bonus.
* Labor's economic record; its leader "Billion Dollar Bill" and his "spendometer".
WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
* The Treasurer suggested more cuts after the election during the Treasurer's debate.
* Liberal candidate Chris Jermyn's train-wreck interview about Medicare.
WHAT IS MAKING NEWS:
* Former Australian Idol host James Mathison will challenge Tony Abbott for his seat of Warringah.
* Both leaders are set to take part in the Michael Long walk as part of reconciliation week.
THEY SAID WHAT?
"This man is the deputy prime minister of Australia, he is an absolute idiot."
- Senior Labor MP Richard Marles slams Barnaby Joyce over his comments linking live exports to asylum boat arrivals.
"I would really love to see the man be able to get in his boots and do it himself and show us how it is done properly. I just don't think he has been let off the strings," Independent senator Jacqui Lambie wants to see the prime minister unleashed.
TWEETED:
"This is why I hate journalists," says Lib candidate for McEwen, Chris Jermyn, who couldn't detail his party's Medicare policy." @shalailah.
