| Bill Shorten's kiss, money for freight rail and anger over Minister's "illiterate and innumerate" refugee comment | Good morning, it's week two of the federal election campaign.
To help you stay on top of the news, we're sending our politics subscribers updates on what's happening on the campaign trail.
Here are the stories making news this morning: - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit North Queensland today, where he'll pledge $150 million for a freight rail corridor in Townsville. The Government says the project will create 300 jobs in the construction phase, reduce bottlenecks and remove freight trains from the city's suburbs
- Labor is also pledging money for freight rail. They've promised, if elected, to provide $175 million in equity to help redevelop freight rail at Port Botany in an effort to cut the number of trucks on Sydney roads and increase productivity
- There are calls for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to apologise after he said significantly increasing the humanitarian refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate refugees" in Australia. He told Sky "they won't be numerate or literate in their own language let alone English"
ICYMI: Bill Shorten got a kiss from an overly enthusiastic voter in Adelaide yesterday
Here's what's coming up: - Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce will visit a farm in Northern Victoria before holding a closed meeting with a dairy company at 9:45am AEST
- Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Labor's environment spokesman Mark Butler will hold a debate at the National Press Club at 12:30pm AEST
- Greens leader Richard Di Natale will hold a press conference in Western Sydney
- Mr Shorten is in Sydney and Mr Turnbull will visit Cairns and Townsville
ICYMI: Xenophon on Lateline
Independent senator Nick Xenophon urged the Government to scrap the backpacker tax, rather than just delaying it. He said the tax would only benefit New Zealand, because backpackers would choose to work there instead. "The wine regions in Australia are doing it tough. I think the Government will find there will be a backlash in the seat of Barker which is a big wine-producing region," Mr Xenophon said.
Mr Xenophon also said he had seen polling that showed his party's candidate in the seat of Mayo, Rebekha Sharkie, could unseat Liberal MP Jamie Briggs.
That's a wrap for now. We'll be back this afternoon with an update.
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