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Day 35 of the federal election campaign

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FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 35

WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CAMPAIGNING:

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* Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Sydney then Townsville.

* Labor leader Bill Shorten: Townsville.

WHAT THE COALITION WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:

* The possibility of a Greens-supported Labor minority government.

* Its plan to simplify private health insurance.

WHAT LABOR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT:

* Its plan to give $2 billion more to hospitals than the coalition.

WHAT'S MAKING NEWS EARLY:

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* The Liberals will urge their voters to put Labor ahead of the Greens in all lower house seats.

* Labor will give states $4.9 billion to run their hospitals over the next four years then renegotiate a national agreement.

* A ReachTEL survey of seven marginal seats finds while Labor leads the national polls it may not win enough seats to form government.

THEY SAID WHAT?

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"I am in favour for the death penalty to be returned but it will never happen in Australia."

- Broadcaster turned political candidate Derryn Hinch.

TWEETED:

"We made it across the Nullarbor with the #billbus! Kalgoorlie was a hoot - next stop #Perth."

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- Labor senator Sam Dastyari continues his election road trip.

With AAP.
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