Easter Sunday brought a pause in hostilities among the two leaders. But after a brief reprieve both are preparing for the sprint to polling day. Early voting begins on Tuesday and while Labor is feeling buoyant, the Liberals are facing questions about whether they have left it too late to convince Australians to back their plans and vote for change.
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00:00Over the halfway mark and getting ready to inject some heat into their campaigns.
00:09We need the LNP to win government now.
00:12That's our plan.
00:13With wife Kiralee by his side, Peter Dutton spend Easter Sunday in the marginal Labour-held seat of Blair.
00:19Remember what is important in life and what is important in this family, our friends.
00:24Anthony Albanese returned to a spiritual home.
00:27We'll get there. Thirteen days to go, but who's counting? Me.
00:31Reflecting on his time at St Mary's School and seeing Christian values in action.
00:37We weren't able to afford school fees and in an act of generosity said just pay what you can.
00:45Inside the cathedral, the Prime Minister and his fiancée Jodie listened to teachings on the triumph of good over evil.
00:53On the ABC's Insiders program, the Greens leader preached the importance of good housing policies over bad.
01:00We've got a bit of a spring in our step.
01:02With the polls pointing to a possible hung parliament, Adam Bandt wants bureaucrats to begin work now costing his plans to wind back negative gearing and capital gains tax.
01:13We've got to really, I guess, defuse this time bomb in a way that's fair.
01:17Labor isn't touching that ticking time bomb at this election.
01:21The coalition's questioned its plans beyond that.
01:24If the government is planning to abolish negative gearing and change CGT after the election, they've just got to come clear with the Australian people.
01:32Asked if he takes advantage of the tax breaks as the owner of two investment properties, Michael Suka was initially hesitant.
01:39I think I'm probably in positive gearing territory.
01:42You don't know if you're negative gearing?
01:44No, my properties are positively geared.
01:46Extracting the truth in this contest is proving harder by the day.
01:50Labor claims its network of urgent care clinics are on the chopping block if Peter Dutton wins.
01:56The opposition has left it later than usual to put its full suite of policy offerings on the table.
02:02But according to senior figures, it's by design.
02:05With early voting to begin on Tuesday, the coalition reckons voters are only starting to tune in.
02:11And it's aiming to capture their attention when they do.
02:15There's no one on our side waving a white flag.
02:17Peter Dutton's down in the polls, but not out.