| Labor moves to disendorse candidate and Greens reveal high ambitions | Good morning, are you ready for another day of pollie spotting?
To help you stay on top of the election news, we're sending our politics subscribers morning and afternoon wraps of what's happening on the campaign trail.
Here are the stories making news this morning: - The Coalition has made its first funding pledge of the campaign, promising $99 million for a new visa checking system that it says will weed out criminals and terrorists before they reach the border
- Labor is expected to disendorse its candidate for the Perth seat of Fremantle and the Maritime Union isn't happy about it. The candidate Chris Brown, an official with the union, failed to disclose two convictions from the 1980s on his preselection paperwork. The convictions were for the assault of a police officer and driving under the influence
- Greens leader Richard Di Natale says multi-party governments are the way of the future. He told Lateline that he wants the Greens to be getting 20 per cent of the vote within a decade, and that Greens ministers could be a part of any power-sharing arrangements
Here's what you need to know today: 8:30am AEST: Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will hold his daily press conference in Canberra 9:15am AEST: Opposition transport spokesman Anthony Albanese will open a new community park in Marrickville 9:15am AEST: Greens leader Richard Di Natale will be at Australian National University in Canberra 9:30am AEST: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will be at MCG Kitchens in Tweed Heads for an announcement. He'll then tour Madura Tea 9:30am AEST: Labor's election campaign spokesperson Senator Penny Wong will hold her daily doorstop at Parliament House 12:45pm AEST: Bob Katter will hold a press conference with Katter Australia Party NSW Senate candidate Tom Harris Meanwhile, Malcolm Turnbull is in Melbourne this morning, while Bill Shorten will head to Rockhampton to visit two schools
Will the eight-week campaign be dominated by "f***-ups"?
That's the prediction of a veteran Labor strategist turned Canberra lobbyist. The prophecy was sent to ABC political reporter Andrew Greene on Sunday evening, after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed the July 2 poll.
"Too many days, too few ideas, no light and shade. The f***-ups will dominate," the text message read.
Andrew Greene says the goal for both major political parties is to limit the blunders for another 52 days. Read his latest election analysis
That's a wrap for now. We'll be back this afternoon with an update.
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