Australian campaign catchup
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Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters
Day 36: fake news campaign on tax vexes Labor, while the Coalition is sideswiped by story on resettlement of alleged murderers
Campaign catchup 2019: Labor stares down scare campaign on tax
Day 35: election campaign enters its final crucial hours as Bill Shorten urges voters to ‘choose hope over fear’
Campaign catchup 2019: voters inundate pre-polls as Morrison talks tax
Day 34: PM is spending final days of the campaign reminding people about their hip pocket, but many have already made up their minds
Campaign catchup 2019: leaders on the home straight
Day 33: Morrison keen to sell Coalition pledge for first homebuyers, which Labor has matched, while Shorten warns of Coalition chaos
Campaign catchup 2019: Shorten hits back at News Corp in mother of all rows
Day 28: Labor leader tearfully derides a Daily Telegraph story that attacked him for being ‘loose on detail’ over story about his mother
Campaign catchup 2019: an egg steals the limelight as leaders head to the regions
Day 24: a protester tries to give Scott Morrison an egging at a Country Women’s Association event
Campaign catchup 2019: Labor tidies up after Keating's hand grenade
Day 26: a day after the former PM blasted intelligence agencies as ‘nutters’ on China, Labor scrambles to their defence
Campaign catchup 2019: Shorten flicks the switch to attack mode
Day 22: Labor leader dismisses attack on climate policy and childcare funding plan as a scare campaign. Plus: more candidates self-destruct
Campaign catchup 2019: candidates crash out over comments
Day 21: party vetting process falls short as Liberal and Labor candidates exposed for offensive posts on social media
Campaign catchup 2019: Nationals pick bad day to throw lot in with One Nation
Day 20: Hours after Steve Dickson resigns over strip club footage, Michael McCormack says preference deal ‘made sense’
Campaign catchup 2019: Labor details $4bn childcare boost as debate looms
Day 19: Coalition attacks Shorten over cost of policy as Clive Palmer refuses to answer questions on preferences
Campaign catchup 2019: Morrison falls into a coal black hole
Day 16: PM says ‘yes’ when asked if he stands for coal and Bill Shorten denies ‘formal’ negotiations with Clive Palmer
Campaign catchup 2019: Morrison dodges questions on Palmer preferences
Day 14: PM keen to talk about veterans ahead of Anzac Day, while Shorten wins a PR coup with Johnathan Thurston jog
Campaign catchup 2019: Coalition tries to hose down water scandal
Day 13: after a trainwreck interview by Barnaby Joyce on water buybacks, the Coalition announced the auditor general would examine the issue
Campaign catchup 2019: Morrison feels pressure on water 'scandal'
Day 12: Labor pursues Coalition over Murray-Darling water buybacks and Shorten dodges questions on Adani
Campaign catchup 2019: Shorten hits back on climate policy cost as PM goes nuclear
Day eight: last campaign day before Easter and Morrison steps into reactor territory – then straight back out again
Campaign catch-up 2019: PM gets his quota of vegies as Libs eye Tasmania gains
Day seven: the leaders’ destinations reveal their hopes and fears, while Josh Frydenberg and George Christensen get cranky
Campaign catchup 2019: voters tune out as leaders bet on low stakes
Day six: Scott Morrrison tries to disrupt Bill Shorten’s pitch, another novelty cheque causes controversy and Gladys Liu clarifies her LGBT views
Campaign catchup 2019: day five disappears into a budget 'hole'
Claim and counterclaim made again over health costings as the election campaign returns to Victoria
Campaign catchup 2019: day two and Peter Dutton is already the headline
On the Australian election trail it was supposed to be a day about tax with the Coalition attacking Labor – but the home affairs minister had other ideas
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