What they said on Day 4 of the campaign

WHAT THEY SAID ON DAY 4 OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

THE BEST LINE

"Exclusive Treasury modelling shows Bill Shorten hates puppies."

- Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek mocking government's attacks on the opposition leader.

THE BEST LINE (NOT)

"Maybe Tony Abbot is on to something here ... what do you reckon?"

- Senator Matt Canavan tweeting a video of himself wearing a hi vis jacket eating a raw onion, a habit of the former prime minister. Mr Abbott retweeted.

PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON

"Life is not about what you accumulate. Life is about what you contribute. And I think that's what we believe as Liberals."

- he told a Liberal rally in Brisbane, relaying what he and his brother were taught by their parents.

LABOR LEADER BILL SHORTEN

"Better hospitals, stronger Medicare, the NDIS back on track - this is at the heart of Labor vision for the future of a fair go Australia."

- he told a Labor volunteer rally in Burwood, NSW.

REAL PEOPLE

"What are they going to plug it into, a bloody gum tree?"

- Margaret, 69 and no fan of Shorten, asks Morrison about Labor's electric vehicle policy.

THE SUPPORT CAST

"This is another dodgy con-job from a dodgy snake oil salesman."

- Labor campaign spokesman Jim Chalmers says the coalition's youth jobs announcement won't make up for six years of cuts to TAFE and apprenticeships.

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"We are quite able to add up."

- Finance Minister Mathias Cormann on the $387 billion of taxes the coalition says Labor will impose on the economy, a figure Treasury said it did not provide when doing individual costings of proposed policies.