1. It's been 49 days and we're six days out from the election so naturally the prime minister decided to hold a "campaign launch"! The Labor party where there too making its presence felt at the western Sydney event with a special Snapchat geo-filter for users inside the venue.
Very very clever. Labor launch "Save Medicare" Snapchat geo-filter... where Turnbull is launching his campaign
2. The Liberal party were prepared with a couple of gorgeous "Dogs and grrrrowth" who were "fetching votes for Turnbull".
#librally 👍🏼👍🏼
3. The warm up act was deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce who revved up the crowd with talk of high beef and grain prices.
4. But whose idea was it to get him to stand in front of a green screen?
See, THIS is beyond the Great Dividing Range.
5. Because Barnaby, who has a reputation for threatening the lives of animals, became photoshop fodder for wildlife habitats.
OK, ima outta here.
6. Quack, quack, quack Mr Joyce.
Oh here we go...
7. Just ducking into the Battle of the Bastards.
8. Up the back of the room, behind the cameras, national campaign director Tony Nutt was still directing the action as MC... introducing the main event.
Like the Wizard of Oz, Campaign Director Tony Nutt is actually the MC from behind the cameras.
9. Turnbull arrived and thanked everyone there including the guy he knifed. According to cameramen there at the time, Abbott was heard telling Turnbull "well done mate. Good stuff mate."
10. But when Turnbull started talking he looked ~shattered~.
mfw you're saying I should feel good but really I feel nothing
11. Sad Tony was really sad.
@workmanalice @JamColley
12. It was almost too hard to watch.
13. Turnbull ran through the usual points and also announced new funding for mental health. He said a re-elected government would guarantee funding for Headspace, the youth mental health foundation that runs centres around the country.
14. There's even funds being set aside to teach old people to use computers.
Turnbull just announced an investment in Seniors digital literacy skills.
15. Though some of the slogans being projected on massive screens around the room were a little, well, questionable.
Just One Leader Since September!
16. And inspiring.
Three quarter time advice? #ausvotes
17. Turnbull ended the speech by bringing up his family and showing off his cute-as-hell grandson Jack *naawwwwww*
