Peter Dutton will embark on a last-ditch attempt to turn voter sentiment around in the final week of the election campaign in a blitz of dozens of seats across the country.

The opposition leader and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will return to the debate stage on Sunday night for their final showdown.

In an interview with News Corp on Sunday, Dutton said he believed he could still win the election with the support of the “forgotten Australians” in the outer suburbs.

He said he wanted voters to know that he had a “softer side”.

 “I am an emotional person,” he said.

“Particularly where I see, you know, stories of kids being harmed or women being harmed.”

Just days out from the May 3 vote, Dutton revealed what would usually be secret campaign plans for the final week.

Trailing in the polls, he will visit up to 28 key electorates, mainly held by Labor, as he makes his bid for majority government.

Polling throughout the five-week race has consistently shown  Albanese cement his lead as preferred prime minister over Dutton, as the Coalition began to increasingly trail Labor on a two-party preferred basis.

The Coalition needs to gain 21 seats to secure a majority, and believes this election is winnable, as Dutton fights for every vote.

The opposition leader will start the final push in Labor heartland in Melbourne’s west at a rally with hundreds of party faithful.

He will then begin crisscrossing Australia, where he will spruik the coalition’s promised cost-of-living relief measures, economic management and national security message.

Dutton’s campaign pace in the last week has gained speed, as he visited up to three states a day.

In the Victorian battleground, Dutton will attempt to wrest Goldstein, Kooyong, Aston, Dunkley, Gorton and Hawke from Labor.

In NSW, the opposition leader will target Mackellar, Paterson, Dobell, Bennelong and Gilmore.

In WA, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland, the coalition will go for Bullwinkel, Boothby, Lyons and Moreton among others.

The election stops will include high visibility events and strong crowds as the coalition maintains it is still in the fight, and that voters have the appetite for change.

The two leaders have already previously clashed three times, with two of the debates held in western Sydney, where political analysts believe the election could be decided.

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Australians could soon access free, expert health advice at all hours of the day, as Labor champions Medicare in one of its final campaign pushes.

If his party is re-elected, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will commit $204.5 million to launch 1800MEDICARE, a 24/7 nation-wide health advice and after-hours GP telehealth service backed by Medicare.

From January 1, Australians who call the number will be connected to a registered nurse who can provide advice or refer them to another health service.

Anyone who needs urgent GP care for something like an emergency prescription or treatment for a short-term illness or injury, can be connected to a free telehealth consultation with a GP between 6pm and 8am.

This could prevent an estimated 250,000 Australians from making an unnecessary trip to an emergency department per year, which Albanese said would take pressure off people and public hospitals.

“Trained, expert advice is just at the other end of the phone,” he will say in an address on Sunday.

“1800MEDICARE will bring new security and peace of mind to people all over Australia.”

The prime minister is expected to announce the promise at a Labor rally in Western Sydney on Sunday.

-with AAP