Day 2 of the federal election campaign

FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 2

WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Western Sydney (seat of Lindsay)

* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Western Sydney (seats of Reid and Bennelong)

WHAT THE COALITION WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

Labor's new taxes will cost Australians $387 billion over the next decade.

WHAT LABOR WANTED TO TALK ABOUT:

It will do everything it can to help Australians fighting cancer because while the disease makes you sick, it shouldn't make you poor.

WHAT MADE NEWS:

* Peter Dutton has come under fire for attacking his Labor opponent Ali France for not living in the electorate. France had a leg amputated after a car accident in 2011 and hasn't been able to find a wheelchair-accessible home in the Brisbane seat of Dickson.

* Australia is providing consular assistance to Julian Assange after he was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

* Rugby Australia has vowed to terminate Israel Folau's multi-million-dollar contract unless he can explain his latest social media attack on homosexuals, while the NRL has ruled out welcoming him back to the code.

THEY SAID WHAT?

"Probably 'unicorn' because that is unlikely to ever happen." - LNP member George Christensen asked on Triple M Mackay what his prime ministerial nickname would be.

TWEETED:

"Ableism is not going to save you in Dickson @PeterDutton_MP Get in the bin." - Senator Jordon Steele-John @jordonsteele