FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 31
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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: will be launching the Liberal campaign in Melbourne
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: is also in Melbourne
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WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
Why they should win Saturday's federal election, and help for women, plus funding for Melbourne roads, particularly the controversial East-West Link.
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WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:
Roads funding for Melbourne, plus their mums. Bill Shorten is running in the city's annual Mothers' Day Classic.
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THE LATEST POLLS
* A YouGov/Galaxy poll in Brisbane's Sunday Mail shows Queenslanders prefer Morrison's money-in-your pocket approach to tax over Shorten's new taxes for better services.
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WHAT IS MAKING NEWS:
* Scott Morrison will be joined by the major women in his life - wife Jenny, daughters Lily and Abbey and his mum Marion - as he launches the Liberal party's campaign. But the who won't-be-there list is more interesting for some. That includes predecessors Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott and reportedly John Howard.
* Bill Shorten is hanging around his hometown of Melbourne, where he will not only celebrate Mothers' Day by taking part in the fun run, but also his 52nd birthday. On Monday, it will be Scott Morrison's turn to celebrate when he turns 51.
* Shorten has also revealed that if he does win Saturday's election, he'll move his family - wife Chloe, step-children Rupert and Georgette, and daughter Clementine - from Melbourne to the Lodge in Canberra. They will be the first family to live in the Lodge in more than a decade. The Morrison family is based in the prime minister's Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, and Jenny Morrison says she'd prefer to star there.
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THEY SAID WHAT?
"I do think the prime minister should live in The Lodge or Kirribilli." - Bill Shorten.
"It's not about party festivals and slapping backs and doing all that sort of stuff. People aren't interested in all that rubbish." - Scott Morrison on Sunday's launch.
Australian Associated Press
