FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 27
WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Albury (Farrer), Wodonga (Indi)
* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Geelong (Corangamite)
WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Regional communities deserve better services and job opportunities.
WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
Regional hospitals need better funding
THE LATEST POLLS
* Labor leads coalition 52-48 in the latest Essential poll, but the opposition's primary vote has slipped to 34 per cent (just below its 2016 result of 34.7).
WHAT MADE NEWS
* A protester tried to egg the prime minister at a Country Women's Association function in Albury.
* Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have a baby boy.
* Clive Palmer loses a High Court challenge against the way the electoral commission publishes early results on election night.
* Interest rates were kept on hold at 1.5 per cent.
THEY SAID WHAT?
"I do see pathways because I've seen people in the Senate ditch their longest-held principles at the slightest whiff of political advantage."
- Australian Conservatives leader Cory Bernardi on how Labor might get its tax policies through parliament.
TWEETED
"We will stand up to thuggery whether it's these cowardly activists who have no respect for anyone, or militant unionists standing over small businesses and their employees on work sites."
- Scott Morrison after the protester attempted to egg him.
