FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 32
WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: launched coalition official campaign in Melbourne.
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: also in Melbourne
WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
* The future. Morrison used his campaign launch to announce a $4 billion promise for the controversial East-West road link in Melbourne and a new first home buyers' scheme.
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:
* The mood for change. Shorten announced $10 billon for a suburban rail loop in Melbourne.
THE LATEST POLLS
* A YouGov/Galaxy poll in Brisbane's Sunday Mail shows Queenslanders prefer Morrison's money-in-your pocket approach to tax over Shorten's new taxes for better services.
* More than half of older Australians want greater action on climate change compared with a mere 28 per cent at the time of the 2016 election, a survey for COTA Australia showed.
WHAT MADE NEWS:
* Morrison announced a new scheme to help first home buyers into the market with a five per cent deposit rather than 20 per cent.
* Reports suggest the safe Liberal seat of Higgins could fall to Labor at the May 18 election.
THEY SAID WHAT?
* "It's only a quarter of a percentage point lower than what was in our budget. It's slightly swings and roundabouts. The differences are not major".
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on the Reserve Bank again cutting its economic growth forecasts."
Share
