Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten began their campaign day as they ended it yesterday, in Western Australia.
The Prime Minister started his morning in Perth very early with a wake-up call from Sydney radio commentator Alan Jones on his 2-G-B show.
Alan Jones: "We've got the Prime Minister out of bed, he's in Perth. Prime Minister good morning and thank you for your time."
Turnbull: "Good morning Alan. I'm operating on eastern time so I'm wide awake."
Alan Jones: "Stop pretending will you, stop pretending!"
From there, Mr Turnbull made his way to a business breakfast in the marginal Liberal seat of Swan.
There he used his speech to attack Labor's fiscal policies.
He also argued that should Britain leave the European Union, the Coalition's economic plan is the only one that would be able to deal with any repercussions.
"It is possible that Britain will vote to leave the EU. That will cause a degree of uncertainty in global markets, and the anticipation of that is already doing that. It is a reminder that we need to ensure that we have strong, committed, capable economic leadership, a stable government with a clear national economic plan. Because there are many things that occur in the global economy over which we have no control. There are many shocks that can occur."
Also in Perth, Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Labor has proposed measures to deal with a possible Brexit.
"Labor's plan is regardless of what happens overseas. Our plan is based upon long-term sustainable growth and the creation of real and meaningful jobs."
The latest Essential poll meanwhile, shows Labor edging ahead of the Coalition 51-49 per cent, two-party-preferred.
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has launched a Liberal advertising campaign warning of the danger of a Labor-Greens alliance in the event of a hung parliament.
"A Greens/Labor and indeed Independent government is a very real prospect at this election and there is a choice: the continued stability of a Turnbull coalition government, with is a national economic plan for jobs and growth to support our transitioning economy at this very sensitive stage, very sensitive stage; or the chaos that would come from a Labor/Greens/Independent government."
Mr Shorten is unimpressed.
"Mr Morrison has proven he's an even worse filmmaker than a Treasurer, and that takes some beating. I make two things clear: my Treasurer, Chris Bowen, if elected, will spend his time on the nation's finances, not upon B-grade YouTube videos. In terms of the specific allegation's same old Liberals and lies. They know we will not go into Coalition with the Green political party. Full stop. They believe if you repeat a lie often enough, somehow the sheer repetition of the untruth makes it true. It is not true."
Meanwhile, the Australian Greens have defended their decision to preference the Christian Democrats - who believe homosexuality is a mental disorder - over the Liberals.
The New South Wales Greens have preferenced Reverend Fred Nile above the Liberal Party's gay, Indigenous candidate for Sydney, Geoffrey Winters.
Leader Richard Di Natale says it sends a message about the Coalition's same-sex marriage plebiscite.
"What they are saying is they don't support a party whose approach to marriage equality is to hold a very divisive and hateful plebiscite. Let's be really clear about this - on the back of what we have just seen, that tragedy in the US."
Meanwhile, Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek has thrown her support behind her leader's comments on the possibility of an Indigenous treaty.
Mr Shorten says Australia needs to start talking about a possible treaty once Indigenous people are recognised in the constitution.
Speaking on the ABC, Ms Plibersek says the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians shouldn't be the final step in reconciliation.
"What Bill said is that constitutional recognition and a treaty are not mutually exclusive, that of course we should take this next step together. We should absolutely continue to work in a bipartisan way for constitutional recognition. This needs to be something parliamentarians across the political spectrum join to support, but that doesn't mean that's the end of our reconciliation journey."
But Attorney General George Brandis has cautioned against such proposals.
"What I think is regrettable is that Mr Shorten has elevated the degree of difficulty for this proposed referendum on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians."
Meanwhile, Katter Australian Party leader Bob Katter has released one of the more bizarre and mis-timed ads of the election campaign so far.
The video shows Mr Katter shooting his political rivals - which he's described to the ABC.
"There's me, with a make-believe revolver, blowing smoke and looking very clever and there's sort of people at the scene who are not looking too well, and I've got a smirk on my face."
