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'Sometimes it's all a bit surreal': on the campaign trail

To win the election, Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison follow calculated and stage managed road trips with the media following their every move.

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Halfway down the back of a bus, barrelling from the Woy Woy to Sydney's Royal Easter Show, Bill Shorten is off the record.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten spent the early days of his campaign riding his big red bus.  Alex Ellinghausen

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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