Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton enter the five-week election campaign with most major polls showing Labor on track to win the most seats, giving it the strongest hand for negotiating minority government in a hung parliament.

The government in recent weeks has broken out of its polling funk, rolling out a series of policies, particularly in health, to capture voters’ attention, capitalising on the Coalition holding back its agenda. Labor also ramped up personal attacks on Dutton’s integrity.