Instagram check proves Morrison is PM

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison met voters outside of Perth at least one of them had to check Instagram to make sure it was him.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets locals in Mandurah.

Scott Morrison campaigned in Mandurah, Western Australia, promising more CCTV cameras. (AAP)

Before Kaylee Deere met the man the cameras were following she checked Instagram to see if it was Scott Morrison greeting voters on her street.

The Liberal leader was on the campaign trail in Mandurah, Western Australia, on Tuesday as he announced $20 million for 2600 new CCTV cameras to combat crime.

Ms Deere said she checked online when she met the prime minister.

"I did actually go back on Instagram and go 'I think that's Scott Morrison and I need to double check with my children', but I did realise in the end," she told AAP on Tuesday.

The pair talked about how her small business was going, but she said she hasn't yet decided who to vote for on May 18.

Mr Morrison visited the Mandurah war memorial to announce the CCTV funding, and met a group of former SAS members who told him they call themselves the PIGS - "Politically Incorrect Gentlemen's Society".

The Liberal leader campaigned in Liberal MP Andrew Hastie's seat of Canning and Labor MP Anne Aly's seat of Cowan, which has a margin of just 0.7 per cent.

The prime minister visited a multicultural meeting in Cowan, where he questioned Labor's grasp of the economy.

"If you can't manage money, you always spend more of it, have you ever noticed that?" he said to laughter from the crowd.

Local student Sam, 17, had a quick ping pong match with Mr Morrison, who he said had a "decent forehand" but overall had "not much" in the way of a table tennis game.

At a forum in Attorney-General Christian Porter's seat of Pearce, Mr Morrison heard from real estate agents and mortgage brokers worried about Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax.

"What can we do to support you guys to make sure you get re-elected?" one man employed in the property industry asked.

"Tell your customers, tell your friends, vote for Christian Porter," Mr Morrison replied.

Undecided voters on Monday night picked Labor leader Bill Shorten as the winner of the first leaders' debate in Perth, despite Mr Morrison pressuring him on the cost of his tax and climate policies.

Mr Morrison stuck to the same message despite the defeat.

"I thought last night was an important opportunity for the Labor Party and Bill Shorten as leader to finally tell people: what is the cost of his policies?" he told reporters.

Mr Morrison is spending three nights in Perth, including attending a fundraiser held by mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, before flying east.


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