Tony Abbott was in Queensland where he announced the timing of a Coalition government's schedule for repealing the price on carbon;
Kevin Rudd was in Canberra wrapping up the business of government before it officially goes into caretaker mode later today;
Mr Rudd also announced he would spend $450 million creating more out of school hours places;
we are still locked in a debate about the debate(s); and
both men used the phrase "fair dinkum" just a little too much.
Thanks so much for being with me, Andrew Meares and Alex Ellinghausen. Andrew and Alex will be back tomorrow but my colleague Judith Ireland will fill in for me for the day while I attend to life outside the dingo fence. I will look forward to your company when I return on Wednesday.
Until then, go well.
Civic reminder alert, civic reminder alert - the rolls close at 8pm on Monday 12 August (that's in one week, three hours and 25 minutes' time).
If you need to enrol to vote or change your details please visit the nice people at the Australian Electoral Commission to do so.
The Senate - what's up there? House of review, balance of power etc etc.
The election is going to be close but the Senate election is expected to be even closer. For starters there will be a huge ballot paper given 54 parties are registered to contest the ballot.
Hmmm, Kevin Rudd is quiet, isn't he? Not so much as a tweet.
One imagines that he is busy with the last official day of government before the writs are issued this evening and everything officially goes into caretaker mode.
Still, you wouldn't want the day's coverage to be dominated by your opponent, would you?
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And I stand corrected.
It was Kim Beazley as Labor leader who talked about the "double drop off" (see 3.14pm post). But it was a policy Labor took to the 2007 election. My apologies.
And that was it for Mr Rudd's first appearance of the day.
Incidentally, Mr Rudd says he will debate the Liberal candidate running against him in Griffith, Bill Glasson, tomorrow morning. Not that he's making a point about Mr Abbott and debates generally.
Forget jazz hands - it's all about campaign hands.
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Mr Rudd is asked about Mr Abbott's remarks that he would not lead a minority government.
Mr Rudd says he would assume if Mr Abbott was genuine then he would be "putting independents last" on how to vote cards.
But, Mr Rudd says, the Coalition will give preferences to the Greens in seats such as Grayndler (in Sydney held by Labor's Anthony Albanese) and in Melbourne (held by Greens' deputy leader Adam Bandt).
"Why are they preferencing them if they don't like them? Bit of double standards here," Mr Rudd says.