FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 14
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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Started in Sydney then to Alice Springs, followed by Darwin ahead of Monday's ANZAC dawn service.
* Labor leader Anthony Albanese: From COVID isolation at his home in Sydney. Labor frontbenchers make their way to Darwin also via Alice Springs.
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WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
* Tax cuts and their economic track record while in office. The latest election pledge will see $100 billion added to the national debt as part of a "lower tax guarantee" with no new income, superannuation, business or housing taxes if the Liberal-National coalition is re-elected.
* A $300 million package to fund a new hydrogen hub in Darwin and multiple carbon capture storage sites.
* A crime-tackling investment of $14 million in Alice Springs to improve CCTV, fund local diversionary activities, support more community patrols and a new Head to Health centre to improve access to mental health services.
WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
* A $500 million commitment to fix the veterans affairs crisis in light of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. The funding aims to cut waiting times, build new support hubs, increase veteran home ownership and boost pension and employment programs.
* 500 new Indigenous health trainees as well as up to 30 new dialysis units to treat chronic kidney disease and double federal funding to combat Rheumatic Heart Disease.
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WHAT IS MAKING NEWS
* Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says "cruel" politicians are driving Australia's national debate over transgender girls and women playing competitive sport.
* Labor promises to engage better with Pacific leaders if elected by boosting action on climate change and increasing foreign aid. It also continues to criticise the prime minister's response to the Solomon Islands security deal with China.
* The Liberals continue to attack Deputy Labor Leader Richard Marles for previous comments he made about China.
* The prime minister says Labor is engaging in "sewer tactics" with their advertisements in the ultra-marginal seat of Chisholm, currently held by Victorian Liberal MP Gladys Liu.
* Australians attending Anzac Day commemorations are urged to take COVID-19 precautions such as mask-wearing and testing, despite restrictions easing in most states and territories.
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THEY SAID WHAT?
"We don't see it that way. We want the next prime minister of Australia to be Anthony Albanese. We're working our butts off to make that a reality." - Jim Chalmers when asked if Anthony Albanese's COVID isolation presented a test for Labor frontbenchers about who could be the next leader.
"The majority of them come from interstate and they have no right to carry on like this. This is not traditional culture. ... This is out and out disrespect for an elder of our country, our prime minister."
- Northern Territory Country Liberal Party senate candidate Jacinta Price on protesters who gathered at the prime minister's press conference in Alice Springs.
Australian Associated Press
