PM and Opposition Leader pause campaigns for Anzac Day services

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton attended Anzac services but deliberately pulled back on their campaign appeal for votes.

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00:00From the moment this election was called four weeks ago, Anzac Day was always circled as

00:07a no-go for campaigning.

00:09That was the plan and both leaders stuck to it, while also honouring those who fought,

00:14fallen and served in war and peace these last 110 years.

00:20Illuminated above and from the footlights below, at the Australian War Memorial they

00:24again made good the oath to Anzacs that their name liveth forevermore.

00:30As the dawn is even now about to pierce the night, so let their memory inspire us.

00:36In the same place, the light lanced the clearest of Canberra skies.

00:41A World War II spitfire did the same, but by then Anthony Albanese was back in his office.

00:48Lest we forget.

00:50Dawn's early light was rain laden in Brisbane, later clearing over Peter Dutton's electorate.

00:57I call the Honourable Peter Dutton.

00:59Formalities over, Dixon's diggers longed for informalities to begin.

01:04Maybe a drink later on or do you think you'd be convinced?

01:06Probably definitely.

01:07Probably definitely.

01:09And at the next stop, it proved prophetic.

01:11We're holding the bar up here though.

01:13The spinner came in on a whistle stop in Townsville.

01:17More heads in hands than on the floor until the lucky last.

01:24The Anzac pause is over.

01:26Pre-poll voting resumes tomorrow for the roughly 16 million people who haven't yet cast their

01:32ballots.

01:33And for those who haven't thought about what's on offer, this final week brings constant

01:37appeals to capture their attention as well as their votes.

01:42The Anzac pause is over, and about the final week brings captivating emotions to capture their attention.

01:48And with the final week brings back some echoes of Tomas.

01:50We're holding the bell rings so we can't wait to get an arrival.

01:52We're holding the bell rings so we can see a bit, and we're going to bond with him.

01:56We're going to take a moment.

01:57We're going to watch the ball rings so we're going to be able to deploy our attention to this.

02:00We're going to be able to do our seats.

02:01We're going to wait here to join the rest and see how we're on.

02:03We're going to stay there yet.