Turnbull, Shorten get back on campaign bus

Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are headed back to regions they've already visited in the federal election campaign.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) speaks to a man, who had missed the earlier train but thought it was lucky because he met the prime minister, as they catch a train from Sydney's CBD to Emu Plains in the seat of Lindsay, western Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) speaks to a man, who had missed the earlier train but thought it was lucky because he met the prime minister. Source: AAP

Debate, what debate?

Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are back on the road as the fallout from their head-to-head debate barely gets off the ground.

Both the coalition and Labor claimed victory, but most observers thought it a scoreless draw.
On Monday the leaders are back in the real world.

The prime minister is making a second visit to Penrith in western Sydney, this time with funding to link students with science and technology jobs.
Mr Turnbull will pledge $4.6 million to set up 12 more pilot sites for the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, aimed at getting students job-ready.

It links students with local businesses offering job opportunities requiring science, technology, engineering and maths skills.

Mr Turnbull is also expected to do a mall walk with local Liberal MP Fiona Scott, who holds the seat by a margin of three per cent.

The prime minister cancelled a planned street walk in the first week of the campaign.

Mr Shorten is heading back to Queensland where the Labor team spent much of the election campaign's first week.
The opposition leader is in Cairns where he will announce a $500 million fund to boost research on the Great Barrier Reef, improve water quality and eradicate pests such as the crown of thorns starfish.

That's on top of the $377 million already pledged by the federal government, elevating protection of the reef to one of Labor's highest priorities.

It includes a $50 million cash injection for the CSIRO for reef-specific research, which will include a focus on the impacts of climate change.


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