Day 31 of the federal election campaign

FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 31

WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED:

* Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: in Nowra and Ulladulla on the NSW south coast, in the marginal Liberal seat of Gilmore.

* Labor leader Bill Shorten: campaigning in Brisbane.

WHAT THE COALITION TALKED ABOUT:

* Labor's plan to have bigger budget deficits over the next four years.

WHAT LABOR TALKED ABOUT:

* Its 10-year plan for the economy, returning the budget to balance at the same time as the coalition.

* Shorten's appearance, but PM's absence, at a televised people's forum in Brisbane.

WHAT'S MAKING NEWS EARLY:

* Labor confirmed its budget deficits will be higher than the coalition's over the next four years.

* Labor is keeping tight-lipped about possible welfare cuts to help achieve its balanced budget aims.

* Australia stands to gain a consumer benefit worth more than twice the value of the coalition's $48.2 billion company tax, new modelling shows.

* Unions have revived their crusade against the China free-trade agreement in a move that threatens to compromise Labor's campaign.

* The corporate watchdog launches legal action against National Australia Bank "for unconscionable conduct and market manipulation".

THEY SAID WHAT?

"You'd need get to a microscope out to find the impact of the corporate tax cut on economic growth."

- Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen on new modelling showing the benefit of the coalition's $49 billion plan.

TWEETED:

Nationals senator Matt Canavan @mattjcan: "Labor's approach to the budget: I will start my diet tomorrow."

FACEBOOKED:

* Liberal candidate for Murray, Duncan McGauchie, posted a grinning photo of himself with his second child, Isadora June, born just before lunch on Tuesday. Having arrived at 33 weeks and weighing 1.56kg she is now in a special care nursery.