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Defence Minister Richard Marles has attacked the Coalition's defence spending during an appearance on 7.30.

That proposed spend is $21 billion over a five-year period and was announced earlier today.

However Marles told 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson that there was no substance to the spend.

"There is no explanation of how the money is going to be raised," Marles says.

"There is no explanation of how the money is going to be spent. 

"The Leader of the Opposition and the shadow minister for defence —  having had three years to work up this policy — announce a figure of $21 billion, and they do not nominate a single military capability that this is going to go towards."

Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie was offered the opportunity to appear on the show but declined the invitation.

The Coalition had earlier accused the government of ripping $80 billion out of defence spending. Marles denied that was the case.

"What we have done is reprioritised, in accordance with what the Defence Strategic Review advised, over $70 billion from various areas of Defence into other areas of Defence," he says.

Senior opposition figure Andrew Hastie has warned Australia's long-standing military alliance with the United States faces uncertainty under President Donald Trump's "unpredictable" America First agenda.

Speaking alongside Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at the unveiling of the Coalition's long-awaited defence policy, the former soldier said a massive increase in military spending was needed to deal with rapidly changing geo-strategic circumstances.

"With the election of President Trump, America is moving to an America-first posture," he told reporters.

"We still have a strong relationship with the United States, but we can't take anything for granted."

Read more from ABC defence correspondent Andrew Greene:

A Peter Dutton Coalition government would not go ahead with Labor's promise to cut 20 per cent off student loans.

The Liberal campaign also refuted Dutton's claim that he would not change electric vehicle subsidies, confirming the Liberals would in fact scrap that policy.

Read more from political reporter Isobel Roe:

The PM and media pack made a short stop at a pre-polling booth in Mandurah in the electorate of Canning.

Anthony Albanese joined Labor’s candidate Jarrad Goold to hand out how to vote cards.

Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie holds the seat for the Liberals but a swing in 2022 and recent redistribution have reduced the margin to 1.2 per cent.

The electorate also takes in some outer southern suburbs of Perth and semi-rural areas to the south.

Despite the margin Hastie is expected to hold on to the seat.

He joked after meeting one voter about the millions of others he’s yet to personally hand how to votes to.

At the end of the event he had a friendly exchange with a volunteer for Andrew Hastie responding to her banter with a reference to the Activity Test. 

It's a measure the Coalition has vowed to reinstate after Labor decided to give parents access to three taxpayer subsidised days of childcare regardless of their employment status.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) says it has identified the source of unauthorised pamphlets attacking independent MP for Wentworth Allegra Spender.

More than 47,000 leaflets were distributed in the electorate of Wentworth, in Sydney's east, anonymously attacking Spender for being "weak" on antisemitism.

The bottom of each page of the leaflet reads, "Produced by the people of Wentworth for the people of Wentworth", which puts it in breach of electoral law.

The AEC says it has received a written undertaking from the individual responsible for the pamphlets that they would not distribute any further copies of the material. 

"There is no evidence to indicate that they are or have ever been affiliated with any political party or candidate currently contesting the election for the Division of Wentworth," the AEC says. 

The electoral commission says it's considering whether to seek civil penalties for contraventions of the Electoral Act.

Both major political parties want to make healthcare easier to access for Australians, but they have different plans on how to do it.

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy after an elderly man was assaulted outside a polling booth in Sydney’s inner west.

NSW Police said the man, believed to be in his 80s, is in serious condition after the incident in Ashfield.

Paramedics responded just after 1pm and took him to hospital.

Officers took the teenage suspect into custody at the scene and he is being questioned at a police station.

A crime scene has been established at the polling booth.

Ashfield is in Prime Minster Anthony Albanese’s electorate of Grayndler.