It’s been a quiet one on day 17. Below you will find a wrap of Saturday’s goings on.

Where were they?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was in Dubbo, New South Wales, with Deputy PM Michael McCormack. The PM even made time for a spot of sheep shearing this morning.

Bill Shorten, meanwhile, was campaigning in Tasmania.

Promises, Promises

Liberal

Farmers: The Liberals’ focus today was all about providing assistance to the man (and woman) on the land. Mr Morrison announced in Dubbo an extra $54.7 million to help farmers cope with droughts.

Additionally, the Coalition pledged nearly $31 million for agricultural show societies and programs to bring city kids to farms, and farms to city schools.

Labor

Tasmanian Tourism: Mr Shorten announced a $120 million boost to woo  more visitors to the Apple Isle. The package would include $50 million for Mona – the Museum of Old and New Art.

Mr Shorten also announceda  $7 million funding boost to the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Tasmania.

Quotes from the Road:

“We’re one whole country and we need to support each other and we need to hold together, particularly when they’re doing it tough … Where ever they need us to stand with them, we will.” Mr Morrison on Australian Famers

“Whether or not there were conversations, I would not sign off on any deal with Clive Palmer until he resolves the issue of the tens of millions of dollars he owes taxpayers and workers,”  Mr Shorten on Clive Palmer

And there’s this one, which surely is the quote of the day:

“Scott Morrison had a choice between standing up for ripped off workers or sucking up to a tosser who ripped them off and he chose the tosser. He chose Clive Palmer,” Labor frontbencher Anthony on the Liberals decision to do a preference deal with Clive Palmer.

Elsewhere on the campaign trail:

Former Liberal cabinet minister Amanda Vanstone told The Advertiser she believes a royal commission should be held into Australia’s water system, especially into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

Ms Vanstone said she would be happy to see a royal commission, and that it was needed to get “the water system for Australia right”.

Rarely would I agree with Amanda Vanstone, but when even she is calling for an RC into #watergate we know that there is something rotten in Denmark. https://t.co/hP0Tdk4K1V

— Darryl Bain (@DarrylBain1967) April 27, 2019

Nationals leader Michael McCormack dismissed Ms Vanstone’s comments

“You’re never going to get 100 per cent agreement on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan,” Mr McCormack said on Saturday.