Labor to launch campaign in western Sydney

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will take Labor's election campaign launch to western Sydney on June 19.

Federal Labor will hold its election campaign launch in western Sydney.

The launch will be in the marginal Liberal seat of Lindsay in the suburb of Penrith on June 19.

"Western Sydney families are amongst the hardest hit by the Liberals' cuts to Medicare, cuts to schools and cuts to families," the party said in a statement, adding that western Sydney is Labor heartland. The party has previously held its launches in Brisbane in 2010 and 2013.