Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has another bad day on the campaign trail.
Journalists travelling with the prime minister were prevented from touring a GP superclinic in the marginal Country Liberal seat of Solomon by the conservative Northern Territory government.
Camera crews were forced to peek through small windows to follow Mr Rudd's movements as he toured the GP superclinic in Palmerston, outside Darwin.
Mr Rudd called it base politics and asked if the NT government was "embarrassed" to show these Labor-built facilities to voters.
"What has chief minister (Adam) Giles got to hide from the people of Australia about a fantastic facility like this?" he told reporters in Palmerston.
"It's just base, Liberal-National Party politics with Mr Giles putting the political interests of Mr Abbott first and the health and hospital interests of the people of the territory last."
The NT government made no apologies for putting the needs of patients and health staff ahead of politicians who are hot on the campaign trail in a media release headed: "It's not all about you, Kevin".
The NT said clinics were for sick people and their families and patients had a right to privacy.
Mr Rudd used his visit to the superclinic to re-commit $110 million to build a second hospital in the area.
Labor had previously committed $70 million to the project but increased funding because the NT government was "playing ducks and drakes" over the issue.
During his press conference, Mr Rudd was loudly heckled by a man who shouted "You fool! Get out of here! Stop spending!"
Diana Day, 55, who was in a wheelchair, tried, and failed, to get Mr Rudd's attention to ask a question.
She later told reporters she wanted to ask why Aboriginal people received preferential treatment when it comes to disability services.
Ms Day said it was "very rude" that the prime minister didn't stop to speak to her and added she wouldn't be voting Labor on September 7.
Polls suggest other voters are flocking to the coalition but Mr Rudd said the election was not over yet.
"I've seen a range of polls both public and private which suggest to me this election will end up a little closer than you think," Mr Rudd told reporters.
Mr Rudd then toured Parap Markets in the inner suburbs of Darwin, still in the eat of Solomon, where he bought locally made fudge and was given freshly made laksa.
He stopped to take selfies, hugged an Aboriginal woman and tried the local produce.
After leaving the market, Mr Rudd's car was blocked for a short time by a small group of anti-nuclear waste protesters before they were pushed away by the PM's security.
The prime minister will officially launch Labor's campaign in Brisbane on Sunday.
