Anthony Albanese has made healthcare spending a key plank of his election platform. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch

Labor’s theatrical strategy for announcing the poll managed to draw significant oxygen from Coalition policy revelations the night before.

The Coalition’s election slogan was printed on the podium and repeated on the backdrop “Let’s get Australia back on track”.

Peter Dutton chose to give his first campaign speech in Brisbane, not Canberra. Source: AAP / Jono Searle

There are now for voters to weigh up.

Dutton called the prime minister “weak” and “incompetent” and characterised comparisons between his policies and those of the Trump administration as a “sledge-a-thon”.

If those polls are accurate, this election will be won or lost in the campaign.