Yesterday Julia Gillard was copping jibes from everywhere - including brussel sprouts - and Abbott was once again touring the Queensland marginals. Both visited Brisbane for a town hall style forum.

Yesterday Gillard was in marginal north Queensland and Abbott was in Canberra. But all the talk was on Saucegate, which eventuated after a Townsville journo quizzed the PM on free condiments at bakeries.

Election Tracker Day 30: with five days to go, Labor officially launched its campaign in front of the party faithful. Late yesterday evening Abbott faced an hour of questions - and a Kevin Rudd impersonator - on ABC’s Q&A.

The two candidates stepped up their campaign over the weekend as they looked for that one big push to get them over the line. Gillard announced a carbon credits fund for farmers and visited junior footy, while Abbott wooed miners and shared beer with Penrith locals.

It turned quiet on the campaign trail yesterday, after a fairly busy week on the hustings. Julia Gillard took the opportunity to visit Tasmania, where she launched Labor’s National Broadband Network.

It was another eventful day yesterday, with Gillard taking the bus from Melbourne to Western Sydney and Abbott at the mouth of the Murray River talking about, well, water. Then of course there was the face off at Rooty Hill RSL amongst a ring of 800 pokie machines.

It was a busy day on the hustings yesterday. Tony Abbott admitted to Kerry O’Brien that he was “not a tech head” while Julia Gillard was in Adelaide turning on the charm. The Geelong Football Club entered the political fray, throwing its weight behind the Coalition.

Yesterday Julia Gillard yacked about bonuses for teachers and schools and Tony Abbott was in Brisbane enjoying the festivities of the Ekka. Meanwhile Julie Bishop was in Darwin mistaking cane toads for babies.

The pace has begun to really pick over the last few days, as Julia Gillard was forced to deny that she was intentionally calling her opponent ‘Mr Rabbit’. Meanwhile, Tony Abbott officially launched the Coalition campaign on Sunday in front of a packed house of party faithful.

Well, we’re approaching the end of the third week and — surprise, surprise — there was more cash for the marginals yesterday. But all the focus was on the return of the former PMs, as John Howard and Kevin Rudd joined the campaign trail.

Julia Gillard was up north in the tropics yesterday, where she announced a fast-tracking of the baby bonus. Tony Abbott was in Kallangur, also in Queensland, where he had a roll on a bowling green before kicking in some employment sweeteners for workers over 50.

It was all about the ‘rules’ on the Election Tracker yesterday, as the two leaders were either sticking by them or attempting to ignore them.

Day one of Real Julia is in the can and it was pretty much business as usual on the hustings, as Tony Abbott revelled in Gillard’s PR snafu.

Two weeks down, three weeks to go. That’s what everyone is telling themselves, as this inspiring election campaign continues to take its toll on everyone involved.

Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott took the campaign to the mean streets of Melbourne yesterday, where they both made spending announcements in vastly different policy areas. Gillard was first cab of the rank, announcing extra funding for people with disabilities in the marginal Labor seat of Deakin, while Abbott followed soon after with his announcement […]

Queensland was once again the destination of choice yesterday, as the two leaders continued their marginal seat tour of duty in the sunshine state.

Pork was well and truly on the menu yesterday as the leaders made spending commitments on the east coast.

One week down and Tony Abbott’s visit to Western Australia has seen him take a huge lead on the election tracker. Abbott’s visit to the wild west saw him pledge his support to the mining industry and announce increased border security measures. Meanwhile, Julia Gillard’s weekend was spent on the east coast, where she announced […]

It was a quiet day all round yesterday, but Kevin Rudd continues to feed the news cycle with revelations he sent his chief of staff to high-level security meeting. Here’s the low down on day 4.

Three days down, 31 to go and the election tracker is kicking into gear. Team Real Action has covered 2,798 clicks so far, while Team Moving Forward has indeed been moving forward, clocking up a huge 4,496km.