Scott Morrison has made his federal election strategy clear - he's giving Bill Shorten "enough rope" to kill off Labor's chances.
At a seniors forum in Perth, a crowd of retirees angry about Labor's franking credits changes asked the prime minister about how he will protect their tax handouts.
Ian Johnson from South Fremantle waved a collection of newspaper clippings and asked Mr Morrison to beat Labor leader Bill Shorten.
"Can you nail the bastard in three weeks?" Mr Johnson asked to laughter from those in the crowd on Wednesday.
Mr Morrison replied: "Do any of you remember that show that Andrew Denton used to run, used to have political interviews? It was called Enough Rope.
"Well that's what I think I'll give him."
But the prime minister refused to accept he is running a small target strategy aimed at letting Mr Shorten fall over his own policies.
"We launched an entire budget going into this campaign with 700 individual measures that equate to almost $500 billion worth of expenditure across every element of government activity," Mr Morrison told reporters.
Mr Morrison continued to attack Mr Shorten over how much his tax and climate policies would cost, which the coalition believes is cutting through to voters.
"This is a guy who is making it up on the run. He has been leader of the opposition for more than 2000 days.... He's got 18 days left to tell you what these things cost," he said.
Mr Morrison announced $10 million to help seniors combat loneliness, and a $34 million centre aimed at getting 475,000 aged care workers in Australia by 2025.
Mr Morrison also announced $16 million to develop a State Football Centre in Western Australia to train new soccer talent.
He juggled a soccer ball with some junior girls, before playing a game on a small pitch, where he scored a goal by slipping the ball through one player's legs.
Mr Morrison has spent three days campaigning in key Perth seats the coalition needs to hold onto if it has a chance of winning on May 18.
Wednesday was spent in Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt's seat of Hasluck, and Liberal MP Steve Irons' seat of Swan, as the prime minister aimed to shore up votes.
But on Tuesday Mr Morrison also visited Labor MP Anne Aly's seat of Cowan, which has a margin of 0.7 per cent.
The coalition is targeting Cowan as one of the seats it could win in a bid to hold government.
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