FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 31
WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Melbourne.
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Melbourne.
WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
Women and sport. The prime minister has promised $75 million to help women get back into the workforce with mid-career checks. Women athletes will also get $70 million of funding including $15 million to set up a permanent home for the Matildas in Melbourne.
WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:
Boosting content on the ABC and SBS. It is promising $40 million for the ABC and $20 million for SBS.
LATEST POLLS:
A poll in Queensland shows support for the coalition growing since February, with Labor failing to shore up its primary vote. The coalition has a 51-49 per cent lead on a two-party preferred basis while Labor's primary vote has slipped one percentage point to 33 per cent, according to a The Courier-Mail/YouGov Galaxy poll.
WHAT'S MAKING NEWS:
* The government and commentators still going over the entrails of Labor's costings for its election promises released on Friday.
* The hashtags #stopadani and #climateelection were among the top 10 used on Facebook for the fourth week running, as #religiousfreedoms, #freespeech grew in popularity.
* Small business ombudsman and former ACT Liberal chief minister Kate Carnell has encouraged voters to consider voting for independent federal candidates, describing ACT independent Senate candidate Anthony Pesec on Canberra's 2CC radio station as "pretty cool".
THEY SAID WHAT?
"The goal is five pitches, two turf, three synthetic. The goal is to have a state of the art gymnasium. The goal is to have a sports medicine clinic and to have the proper spectator facilities."
- Treasurer Josh Frydenberg makes the funding announcement for the Matildas.
TWEETED:
"To make the country decent and better."
Bill Shorten tweets video of union stalwart Bill Kelty throwing his support behind the Labor leader.
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