Scott Morrison uses Liberal party campaign launch to set up housing battle with Labor

PM announces spending boosts and game changer' for first-home buyers ahead of final election campaign week, as he urges voters to stick with government at polls

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Scott Morrison has promised Australians a new era of opportunity" if re-elected, while pitching a fight with Labor over a centrepiece housing policy to allow first home-buyers to tap into their superannuation savings.

Setting up a contrast with Labor for the final week of the election campaign, the prime minister used the Liberal party's official campaign launch to promise a new super home buyer scheme that would allow people to access up to $50,000 of superannuation savings for the purchase of a first home.