Both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader will suspend campaigning for the May 3 election on Friday as Australians honour those who have served their country in war and peacetime.

Mr Albanese was at the national service at the War Memorial in Canberra, while Mr Dutton attended a service in his electorate of Dickson in northern Brisbane.

In his dedication to the Anzacs, the Prime Minister said “their spirit” was still felt to this day.

“We wish to be worthy of their great sacrifice,” he said.

“Let us therefore once more, dedicate ourselves to the ideals for which they died as the dawn is even now about to pierce the dark.

“So let their memory inspire us to work for the coming new life into the dark places of the world.”

Mr Dutton has laid a wreath in honour of the Anzacs during a ceremony at the Pine Rivers District RSL Memorial Gardens in his home electorate of Dickson.

The Opposition Leader was the third person to place a wreath under the sounds of bagpipes, followed by representatives of former premier Steven Miles and Queensland Police, as well as others.

More than a hundred people attended the simple ceremony in the Brisbane suburbs of Kallangur, braving the inclement weather.

Dozens more lined up in the street outside the Norths Leagues and Services Club throughout proceedings.

Mr Dutton is attended a second Anzac Day event in Samford on the outskirts of Brisbane.

A planned flyover was unfortunately cancelled as another weather front bore down on Brisbane.

It didn’t put a damper on the children’s choir, nor the enthusiasm of the scores of school kids and scouts.

After the youngsters had read two poems, Mr Dutton joined RSL notables in laying a wreath.

The Opposition Leader is expected to fly later today to Townsville, something he let slip earlier in the day.

‘A stain’: Dutton slams neo-nazi Anzac Day shock

Peter Dutton has slammed neo-nazis in Australia as a “disgrace” after the Welcome To Country was hoped by hecklers at an Anzac Day event in Melbourne.

The address by Gunditjmara man Uncle Mark Brown at the Shrine of Remembrance was interrupted when members of the crowd began to jeer and heckle.

The hecklers reportedly demanded the Welcome To Country be stopped, but were drowned out by the crowd during the dawn service on Friday morning.

“To see any instance, whatsoever, of neo-nazis in our country is just a disgrace,” the Opposition Leader said.

“They have no place at all, and they’re a stain on our national fabric and they are not part of the Australian culture.”

Mr Dutton said nothing should overshadow “what it is to be here to commemorate and to celebrate the contribution over successive generations of those that have served in uniform”.

“Our greatest Australians are the Anzacs, and I absolutely condemn any action from neo-nazis or those people who would seek to disrupt Anzac Day Services.”

Asked specifically about the Welcome To Country, Mr Dutton said it was “an important part of official ceremonies and it should be respected”.

“I don’t agree with the booing, and I don’t agree in our democracy that people can’t accept the views of others,” Mr Dutton said.

“One of the reasons we’re standing here freely, and one of the reasons we live in the best country in the world is that our diggers … fought for our right to express our view.

“We have a proud indigenous heritage in this country, and we should be proud to celebrate it as part of today, and we should always remember that, and remind ourselves as we did at the (Sydney) Opera House last night that Indigenous Australians played a very significant part and still do today in the ranks of the Australian Defence Force.”

Defence Minister Richard Marles slammed those involved as “idiots” disrupting the way Australians wanted to commemorate the “sacred day”.

“The sentiment that was on show here at the Shrine of Remembrance here in Melbourne was very much present,” he told Sky News.

“It was a beautiful service and a service befitting of all of those who have worn our nation’s uniform, and that is what I want to focus on.”

Dutton suffers another polling 9 days out

The Coalition has suffered another hit in the opinion polls, with Labor widening its critical gap just nine days out from the election.

Labor now has a two-party preferred lead over the Coalition of 53.5 per cent to 46.5 per cent, according to the latest YouGov poll released on Friday.

The result is the government’s strongest performance since winning government in May 2022 and reflected a 0.5 per cent increase since polling released just a week ago.

The Coalition has also suffered another hit to its primary vote, declining two points to 31 per cent.

If replicated at the election of May 3, this would be the lowest primary vote since 1944, when Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party.

Conversely, Labor has increased its primary vote lead by 0.5 per cent to 33.5 per cent, also surpassing the Coalition for the first time this terms.

YouGov’s director of public data Paul Smith said Labor was ahead in all states except for Queensland.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton is also leading in approval ratings, with a net satisfaction of -7, to the Opposition Leader’s -18.

The new polling comes as millions of Australians set to cast their ballots in pre-polls.

More to come