| Polling shows Labor in trouble in marginal seats and Brexit becomes part of the campaign | Good afternoon,
This time next week, you know where we'll be! Lining up for a snag at an election day sausage sizzle.
So to keep you informed, here's what happened on the campaign trail today:
1. POLLING SHOWS COALITION AHEAD IN MARGINAL SEATS
The Labor Party is struggling to pull ahead of the Coalition in several key marginal seats across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
The latest Galaxy poll of 14 Coalition-held seats shows Labor leading in only two electorates, Petrie and Capricornia, which are both in Queensland.
The two parties are neck-and-neck in the hotly contested seat of Macarthur in south-western Sydney, as well as the Penrith-based seat of Lindsay and the South Australian electorate of Hindmarsh.
In Victoria, the State Government's spat with volunteer firefighters looks to be hurting federal Labor's chances of scooping up seats in semi-rural regions.
Labor needs to gain 19 seats to form a majority government.
2. THE FALLOUT FROM BREXIT CONTINUES
Both leaders from the two major parties have pitched themselves as the best option for stability and certainty in the aftermath of Britain's shock decision to exit the EU.
Speaking in Townsville this morning, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten blamed the Brexit result on disunity within politics, and accused Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of reinforcing class divisions in Australia ahead of the election.
"The lesson for me in Brexit is if you have a disunited, divided, conservative government, you will get uncertain economic outcomes," he said.
"Divided societies create economically uncertain outcomes. Mr Turnbull can only be trusted to divide his own party and, indeed, to have a divided society."
But the ABC's political editor Chris Uhlmann believes the chaos surrounding the referendum could play into the Coalition's hands.
"Stability has been at the heart of [the Coalition's] campaign. Seeing these events overseas, they hope, does make Australians pause and think again - do they want change in their own government?"
Mr Turnbull was in Sydney today where he also worked Brexit into his campaign pitch.
"In an environment where there is downward pressure on confidence, where there is increased uncertainty, it is more important than ever to ensure that we choose, on July 2, a stable Coalition majority government with a clear national economic plan," he said.
3. PROTESTING KAYAKERS HEAD TO PM'S WATERFRONT MANSION
About 50 kayakers from Sydney's Pacific Islander communities paddled across the city's harbour to the PM's beach front house at Point Piper to call for greater action on climate change.
They want the Government to stop supporting the fossil fuels industry.
The protesters say the industry is contributing to rising sea levels which directly affects Pacific Island communities.
4. THE REMOTE TOWN THAT DIDN'T REALISE ITS POLLING BOOTH HAD DISAPPEARED
Roebourne is a predominantly Aboriginal town in the Pilbara. It's one of several towns that will not have a staffed polling booth on July 2 following a nationwide review.
Not that the community knew that.
Locals have told ABC Radio they were unaware of the changes until this week. When a pre-polling team visited Roebourne on Monday to collect votes, very few people knew they were coming.
"A lot of people are going to be disenfranchised from their vote here in Roebourne," Michael Nikakis, from the Roebourne Community Association, said.
The Australian Electoral Commission's Western Australia state manager Marie Neilson said the community was "quite rightly" unimpressed.
The AEC has scheduled a second visit from its polling teams next week.
There have also been reports of polling booths in northern WA not having all the necessary ballot papers, meaning some travellers passing through have only been able to vote in the Upper or Lower House, not both.
ELECTION SPOTLIGHT: DON'T MISS BARRIE CASSIDY LIVE ON ... FACEBOOK
This Sunday morning, straight after Insiders, the ABC's Barrie Cassidy will take to Facebook to answer questions live from viewers.
And he's not the only one. Later in the week Kitchen Cabinet host Annabel Crabb, ABC political editor Chris Uhlmann, election analyst Antony Green and Radio National Drive host Patricia Karvelas will all be available to answer your questions on Facebook live.
To be notified about the events when they happen, you just have like the individual's official Facebook page.
You can find links to those pages and more information here.
FROM THE DRUM: A MEDICARE SCARE MIGHT NOT BE FAIR, BUT IT WORKS
Most Australians who take an interest in politics, at least those of a certain age, remember that John Hewson's policy in 1993 to introduce a 15 per cent GST lost him the unloseable election to Paul Keating.
Except that's not quite right, writes Mike Steketee. There was another factor - health policy.
Hewson promised to abolish bulk billing except for pensioners and those with health care cards and disabilities.
Health remains an issue on which Labor is better trusted than the Coalition. That is why Shorten is sticking to his scare campaign, facts or no facts.
COMING UP TOMORROW: - The Coalition will officially launch its campaign in Sydney and Labor will hold a "save Medicare" rally in Brisbane.
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