Here’s a summary of what happened on Tuesday:

-- Labor maintains a strong two-party preferred 57-43 lead over the Coalition, according to Roy Morgan research.

-- The Morrison government has confirmed it is still committed to reforms in the policy areas of its “omnibus” industrial relations bill that it was forced to jettison last year in the face of Labor and crossbench opposition.

-- Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said Labor would spend $31 million on restarting bulk-billed telehealth services, if it wins the election.

-- Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham insisted they have no information about a reported $500,000 taxpayer-funded payout to a former staffer of stood-aside education minister Alan Tudge.

-- AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that he will resign from his role at the end of the 2022 season.

-- Australia reported 47,730 new COVID-19 cases.