Labor has vowed to help jobless car industry workers in Victoria find new work with a $59 million jobs package.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will announce the plan in Geelong with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday.
The jobs transition package will provide pathways to new jobs by giving businesses incentives to create new products and markets in advanced manufacturing.
Mr Shorten says the scheme is critical for the entire economy, not just for the region.
He cited modelling showing 200,000 people are set to become jobless with the closures of car-making plants.
Fresh from a week of campaigning in Queensland on schools policy, Mr Shorten will focus on his home state of Victoria this week where he's eyeing off a number of marginal seats.
He's expected to hit the ground running to woo voters in the Liberal-held seats of Corangamite, Deakin and La Trobe.
Labor is pinning its hopes in gaining a four per cent swing to win back Corangamite, which takes in parts of Geelong, the Surf Coast and Colac.
PM heads to WA on campaign trail
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in Perth, his first venture to the west in this election campaign.
So far the prime minister has stuck to the east coast, as has Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
WA offers opportunities and challenges for the coalition, which holds 13 seats against three for Labor.
But there are some enduring federal issues, particularly the longstanding gripe that the state doesn't get its fair share of the GST.
Mr Turnbull agreed that the GST formula had resulted in WA receiving a reduced proportion. The federal government is providing $490 million in 2016/17 to ensure the state's share of GST is effectively maintained.
"But the formula will adjust over the next few years but this is something that all governments will have to address together," he said in Sydney on Sunday.
Mr Turnbull will also need to counter the increasing unpopularity of the Barnett government.
The latest Newspoll shows Liberal Premier Colin Barnett's personal popularity has slumped to a record low as Labor extends its lead over the Liberals.
Last week, the government handed down the state's most debt-laden budget being handed down and speculation persists that a leadership spill is on the cards before next year's state election.
On Saturday, the Liberal's most senior MP from the state, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, said she didn't expect the Barnett government's unpopularity to risk key West Australian seats in the federal election.
"This is a federal election and there are federal issues that are being dealt with federal policies," Ms Bishop told reporters while campaigning in Burt.
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