Barry O'Farrell gets testy, Clive Palmer twerks it out and Jaimie Abbott denies any relationship to Tony
Quote of the day
The premier of New South Wales, Barry O'Farrell, and the prime minister were like ships in the day when they crossed paths for a press conference with a backdrop of Garden Island, thanks to Kevin Rudd's announcement of a naval taskforce.
A phone call would have been nice Kevin. A phone call.
Rudd later called O'Farrell grumpy.
Tweet of the day
The verb "to twerk" is to shake your booty Miley Cyrus-style. Clive Palmer, leader of the Palmer United party, was doing it for votes on Tuesday. Alex Johnston on Palmer "twerking" for a Sydney commercial radio station:
Prop of the day: the Vegemite files
Garden Island The renowned Sydney naval port loomed large in several press conferences, notably behind Rudd and O'Farrell, as the two leaders bumped chests over the prime minister's plans for a taskforce to investigate moving naval assets north.
Stats of the day
276,648 Prepoll votes completed to Monday 26 August
14,712,799 people are enrolled to vote in the 2013 federal election
Candidate of the day
Jaimie Abbott is the Liberal candidate for Newcastle. At the Liberal campaign launch on Sunday, Tony Abbott's daughters Bridget and Frances introduced their father, the netball dad and all-round family man. When he joined Jaimie Abbott in her seat for a bit of campaigning, she was keen to make the distinction at the start of the speech. "No relation," she said.
