Azura Bakker was expecting to see the tooth fairy when Bill Shorten popped in to visit her in hospital.
The seven-year-old was awaiting dental surgery to remove molars at the Logan Hospital on Thursday when the opposition leader dropped by the kids' ward.
Her mum, Fleur, is a graduate nurse at the hospital.
Azura, decked out in cat pyjamas, showed off her funky ugg boots to Mr Shorten and opened her mouth to point out which teeth are going to be pulled.
Her bill to the tooth fairy will be $9 a tooth, she later told AAP.
Azura told Mr Shorten English was her favourite subject at school and he suggested she might become a journalist one day, like the press pack in the play room.
He was campaigning in the Liberal marginal seat of Forde alongside Labor candidate Des Hardman, who incidentally used to work at the hospital as a radiographer.
Mr Shorten also met three-year-old Brant Neho, who is in hospital for his asthma and was cuddled up to his mum on the bed.
He spruiked Labor's plans to protect Medicare and reduce healthcare costs for families.
Earlier on Thursday, Mr Shorten chatted to nurses, doctors and orderlies at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in the marginal seat of Brisbane.
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