FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 22
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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: is starting the day in Tasmania in the seat of Bass
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: is in Melbourne where the Liberals lost two candidates on Wednesday
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WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
Health, and the cost of the opposition's climate change, negative gearing and childcare policies - but not candidates after losing two in one day.
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WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:
Renewable energy and jobs for apprentices, plus the coalition's issues with candidates - but not the costs of its climate change policies.
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WHAT IS MAKING NEWS:
* Liberal candidate for Lyons Jessica Whelan has denied accusations she posted social media comments saying Muslims should not live in Australia. Instead, she said the Facebook post had been "digitally manipulated" and would be referred to authorities. Labor said she should be disendorsed.
* Queensland Senator Ian Macdonald, who has been pushed to the unwinnable fourth spot on the LNP Senate ticket, isn't giving up without a fight. He's issued his own how-to-vote card directing voters to mark him number one, followed by the three above him.
* Health Minister Greg Hunt will debate his Labor counterpart Catherine King at the National Press Club, while Warringah candidates Tony Abbott and Zali Steggall take part in a debate
* Clive Palmer returns to the campaign trail, with a media event in Adelaide.
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THEY SAID WHAT?
"If you vote for Mr Morrison, who knows what deals he's done with Pauline Hanson and Clive Palmer and the other assorted extremist right wing bar scene from Star Wars." - Bill Shorten during a tense interview on 7.30.
"Anybody wanting to have a career in politics, or indeed be a member of a political party, should think long and hard about what they say and what they write." - Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.
"None of them are star recruits. None of them have achieved greatness in their own right." - Ian Macdonald on the three candidates the LNP has put above him on the Senate ticket.
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