WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 19 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
THE BEST LINE
"I hear (Bill Shorten) is a reading a book to children today... It was The Hungry Caterpillar. I can tell you, Bill Shorten's going to be a very hungry caterpillar chomping into your wallet, chomping into your wallet, to pay for his spend-a-thon."
- Scott Morrison picks on his opponent's reading choices.
THE BEST LINE (NOT)
"I then decided I want nothing further to do with (Shorten) or his party because they were two-faced liars. The language he used was not fit for consumption by our children."
- Part of Clive Palmer's lengthy tale of how he chose to send his party's preferences to the coalition.
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"The choice that Australians make is going to count. I know that Australians will take that very seriously."
- Looking at the latest Newspoll, which shows Labor still ahead but the race tightening.
LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN
"We have picked childcare workers to go first."
- Hinting other low-paid industries might also benefit from Labor's plans to top up wages.
"I don't think he should be our candidate any more."
- Sacking NT Senate candidate Wayne Kurnoth after he peddled conspiracy theories about the Rothschild banking family controlling the world.
THE SUPPORT CAST
"They are bribing the union to go and stand at childcare centres and tell people to vote for Labor."
- Education Minister Dan Tehan gets stuck in to Labor's plan to top up childcare workers' wages.
