Hello! Welcome to day three of the election campaign, which has opened with some good news for Labor. It has seen a jump in the polls since the budget was handed down, with the latest Newspoll, first published in The Australian Newspaper, now putting Labor in front 51 to 49.

While that isn’t something to bet a Copacabana house on, it has put a bounce in Anthony Albanese’s step as he heads to Perth for the first time this campaign.

Labor’s primary vote (the number of people voting one) has increased, while the Coalition’s has fallen for the third poll in a row. Peter Dutton also saw a fall in the preferred prime minister vote.

That poll follows the YouGov poll the ABC released on Sunday, which had Labor on a potential 15 seats above the Coalition, and Resolve in the Ninefax papers, which also had Labor gaining ground.

But we still have a month to go, so anything is possible.

Dutton will stay fairly close to home with a Sky event planned for his electorate this evening, while Albanese tries to cement those WA seats which will be crucial to Labor retaining power.

We’ll cover all the day’s events as they happen – there is a second coffee bubbling away on the stove, and some Mars Bar slice on the breakfast menu this morning. My body is a temple. Just one that has been trashed by tourists and vermin.

If you signed up to follow the liveblog – thank you! We promise to keep you informed and entertained.

I’ll start getting some of those very smart people I work with to wake up to start factchecking some of what we learnt on the weekend. But for the rest of you, ready?

Let’s get into it.