WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 6 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
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THE BEST LINE
"If you don't think there's corruption in Canberra, you're not looking for it. There are more smoking guns on his front bench than in a Clint Eastwood movie."
- Labor campaign spokesperson Jason Clare on a federal anti-corruption commission
PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON
"You know me, I'm sweet as."
- when asked whether he prefers sweet or savoury at a Melbourne lolly factory
LABOR LEADER ANTHONY ALBANESE
"The reason Scott Morrison doesn't have a national anti-corruption commission is sitting on his front bench."
- on a federal anti-corruption commission
NSW LIBERAL TREASURER MATT KEAN
"There is no place in a mainstream political party for bigotry ... political leaders should be condemning the persecution of people based on their gender, not participating in it."
- on Liberal Warringah candidate Katherine Deves' history of anti-transgender comments
SHADOW TREASURER JIM CHALMERS
"If the prime minister wants to talk about tests, this prime minister has failed every test at every single turn."
- on Scott Morrison's actions during the 2019/20 bushfires and the pandemic
THE SUPPORT CAST
"We know Australians are crying out for accountability, so we will fast track any legislation that delivers that."
- Greens senate leader Larissa Waters on Labor's anti-corruption commission plan
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