Day 15 of the federal election campaign

FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 15

WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED:

* Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: NSW Far South Coast, in the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro, where he announced funding for an airport and seaport upgrade.

* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Perth to make a trains announcement.

WHAT THE COALITION TALKED ABOUT:

* Its economic plan for jobs and growth, including bolstering the tourism sector.

* Labor's "spendathon" of promises.

WHAT LABOR TALKED ABOUT:

* How it will put people first by preserving bulk-billing and cheaper taxpayer-subsidised medicines.

* Looking at changing rules that allow MPs to claim all expenses on properties they own in Canberra as tax deductions.

PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES

* Coalition: $11.2 million towards upgrading the Port of Eden and Merimbula airport.

* Labor: $1 billion towards the Perth Metronet.

THE LATEST POLLS

* Newspoll has Labor leading the coalition 51-49 per cent, reversing the Fairfax-Ipsos result from the weekend.

* Turnbull's net satisfaction at -12 points now the same as Shorten's rating.

* Turnbull remains preferred PM 46-31 per cent.

WHAT'S MADE NEWS:

* Both major parties have gone back to the scare-campaign well to recycle old favourites six weeks out from election day.

* Health Minister Sussan Ley admits she was over-ruled by Treasury and Finance on an extended freeze on indexed Medicare rebates.

* Turnbull hopes some of the Mike Baird gloss rubs off on him as the pair campaigned together.

* A new analysis suggests Labor's planned changes to property investment tax concessions will favour the wealthy over low and middle-income earners.

THEY SAID WHAT

"Forget about backpacker taxes, this is your biggest problem: the lifetime cap of $500,000 on non-concessional contributions, and if you keep going down that path you'll be certainly the member from the Shire but you won't be the treasurer."

- 2GB broadcaster Ray Hadley warns Scott Morrison.

"I appreciate the feedback and we've got a lot of feedback."

- Morrison responds.

TWEETED:

"Something new: a Minister actually making the case they're totally ineffective in the job.

Incredible."

- @trsklad about Health Minister Sussan Ley's admission she was over-ruled on an extended freeze on indexed Medicare rebates.