Labor plans to win outright, says Butler

Labor won't be doing any deals with the Greens to form government because the ALP plans to win in its own right, the party's national president says.

Mark Butler said it was only day two of a long election campaign and already there was a frenzy of discussion about a hypothetical issue.

With polls close, there's been speculation Labor could form government with Greens support in event of a hung parliament, as it did from 2010 to 2013.

Mr Butler said in hindsight the experiment of 2010-13 wasn't well-regarded and no Labor members wanted to revisit the situation.

"The game plan for this election like every other election we have fought for generation after generation is to form a majority government," he told ABC radio,