The coalition government is continuing attacks on Labor saying the opposition isn't able to pay for the promises it's made so far.
The coalition says Labor is making promises to spend money that isn't there.
Treasurer Scott Morrison says he's calculated the costs for Labor's election pledges so far.
"When you put all these measures together you get to $67 billion dollars. In a black hole or a higher deficit over the Budget and forward estimates over what's currently presented in those documents. Now over ten years, which is a number that the Labor Party likes to talk about, that extrapolates out to almost $200 billion and that's before Bill Shorten has spent any more money which I'm sure he will spend between now and the election."
While campaigning in the Victorian seat of Corangmite, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also made the same claims.
"The real issue is the flagrant wastefulness and recklessness of the Labor Party outspending us by 20 to 1 in this campaign, Billion Dollar Bill keeping on joking, making jokes about the spend-o-meter. He thinks it's a joke spending all our taxes, that's what Bill thinks, another billion here, another billion there. That's what Bill Shorten thinks is terribly amusing, the spend-o-meter."
But Bill Shorten is questioning the coalition's comments.
"Let's call Mr Turnbull's actions in the last few days for what they are. A great big fat lie. We know in this country that there are two clearly competing stories put before the Australian people on July 2. You can vote Liberal and mandate a $50 billion tax cut for large corporations. You can vote Labor and make sure that we have Medicare and well-funded schools for all Australians. Mr Turnbull loves to talk about spending. But what he won't ever do is talk about their own plans they announced the week before the election. $50 billion in corporate tax cuts. $17 billion in cuts for high income earners to get back literally tens of thousands of dollars. "
On the policy front, Labor announced that it would enshrine into law the public ownership of Medicare if elected at the July 2 election.
Whilst campaigning in Western Australia, Bill Shorten promised to introduce legislation to prevent the privatisation of Medicare within 100 days of forming government.
"Specifically as part of our guarantee, one, we will abolish Malcolm Turnbull's GP tax by stealth. Two, we will scrap the price hikes to prescription medicine which will mean that for an average family with two healthy children, they will save up to $400 a year. And, three, we will enact a special act of Parliament which will prohibit the privatisation of Medicare into the future. "
The coalition has promised to spend $60 million to address so-called mobile phone black spots if re-elected.
There are an estimated 6,000 areas across the country where local residents aren't able to get mobile phone coverage.
Minister for Regional Communications and Regional Development, Fiona Nash, says it's the third round of the coalition's mobile phone black spots program.
"The coalition government is continuing to invest in those regions. We're seeing it right here with the extra $60 million going to the mobile phone black spots program. We have already seen 10 new or improved mobile phone towers right here in Corangamite be put right across this electorate."
Meanwhile, Indigenous Labor Senator Nova Peris has announced that she won't recontest her Northern Territory seat, safely held by Labor, at the upcoming election.
It follows speculation the former Olympian is due to take up a top position in the AFL.
Senator Peris says she had never envisaged being a career politician and decided to quit after talking to her family.
She says she will serve out her term and fully support her successor.
Labor Senator Penny Wong has paid tribute to the former Olympian.
"She has been a trailblazer, she has been a champion of change, she has been a champion in her chosen sports, she has been an Australian champion and she has been particularly a champion for her people. She's made an important contribution and we wish her all the very best in whatever endeavours she chooses to undertake."
