Bill Shorten was addressing a room of NSW Central Coast locals when a hush suddenly broke out.
"We are now two weeks into the election and I have a confession to make," the Labor leader told the audience gathered at a forum in Woy Woy.
But it wasn't the revelation they probably were waiting for.
"I'm enjoying it."
It was a telling moment of the confidence gained by the opposition leader after a colourful second week of campaigning.
As he rallied voters in the Liberal-held marginal seat of Robertson, Mr Shorten appeared buoyed having just returned from a western Sydney street walk - a campaign strategy which has proven a hit for the man vying for the nation's top job.
The opposition leader took questions on a variety of topics from asylum seekers, housing affordability, disability to mental health and internet access.
He left the audience with a pledge to leave "nothing in the petrol tank" by polling day.
And if they needed further proof of his confidence, Mr Shorten appeared to declare a new era for the opposition under his leadership.
"We are a Labor party that has found its voice again."
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