The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader are expected to hit as many key electorates as possible in the final seven days of the five-week campaign.

Opinion polls are pointing to Mr Albanese winning a second term, but Mr Dutton is not giving up on his bid to win the election from a first-term government.

The Coalition needs to gain 21 seats to secure a majority in the 150-seat parliament, and Mr Dutton intends to fight “for every vote in every corner of the country”.

“I think there is a big difference in the mood out there and what silent Australians are thinking as they vote right now and every day until next Saturday,” he said on Saturday.

“I think there is a lot up for grabs, and I think there are a lot of seats still to be decided over the course of the next week.”

The Coalition leader will travel across Australia from Sunday to Saturday, hitting 28 key seats – mostly held by Labor – in each state and the Northern Territory.

Mr Albanese is not resting on his laurels, with the memory of Bill Shorten’s shock loss to Scott Morrison in 2019 still sharp in his mind.

“I say to Australians on May 3, make sure you know where the destination is, because it is destination chaos and destination shambles and destination cuts from Peter Dutton if he’s successful next Saturday,” he said.

“This campaign has exposed the Coalition has not been ready for government.”

Both leaders are expected to hold party rallies on Sunday, before lining up for the fourth and final leaders’ debate.

The Seven Network will host the ‘Final Showdown’ at 8pm, the last chance all Australians will get to see the leaders go head to head to make their cases for election.

Mr Albanese will be in Sydney on Sunday for a rally in the city’s west.

Mr Dutton will similarly hold a supporters’ rally in the key battlefield of Melbourne, which could decide the outcome on Saturday.

Millions of Aussies cast their votes early

Early polling has already started, with at least 2.1 million of the 16 million people enrolled to vote having cast their ballots.

Former prime minister John Howard was on the job on Saturday, helping the Liberal candidate for the Teal-held seat of Wentworth Ro Knox.

The first votes were cast on Tuesday, following the Easter Monday long weekend, before being suspended on Anzac Day.

The polls were open again on Saturday, but will be closed on Sunday. The early voting places will be open from Monday till Friday this week.

More to come