THE BEST LINE

"If you don't think there's corruption in Canberra, you're not looking for it. There are more smoking guns on his front bench than in a Clint Eastwood movie."

- Labor campaign spokesperson Jason Clare on a federal anti-corruption commission

PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON

"You know me, I'm sweet as."

- when asked whether he prefers sweet or savoury at a Melbourne lolly factory

LABOR LEADER ANTHONY ALBANESE

"The reason Scott Morrison doesn't have a national anti-corruption commission is sitting on his front bench."

- on a federal anti-corruption commission

NSW LIBERAL TREASURER MATT KEAN

"There is no place in a mainstream political party for bigotry ... political leaders should be condemning the persecution of people based on their gender, not participating in it."

- on Liberal Warringah candidate Katherine Deves' history of anti-transgender comments

SHADOW TREASURER JIM CHALMERS

"If the prime minister wants to talk about tests, this prime minister has failed every test at every single turn."

- on Scott Morrison's actions during the 2019/20 bushfires and the pandemic

THE SUPPORT CAST

"We know Australians are crying out for accountability, so we will fast track any legislation that delivers that."

- Greens senate leader Larissa Waters on Labor's anti-corruption commission plan

Australian Associated Press