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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he's not thinking of standing down after Saturday's election when asked what he would do in the event of a Coalition defeat or hung parliament.

"No, that is not something I'm contemplating because I'm not contemplating that being the scenario," Mr Morrison told the ABC's 7.30 Report on Monday night.

He said he would accept the outcome of the election as he trusted the choices Australians will make at the ballot box but he would not speculate on the result on Saturday.

"I'm focused on one thing and that's ensuring our government continues," he said.

Mr Morrison said he recognised that Austrlians wanted him to be more inclusive if he gained another term in power.

He said criticisms that he didn't take responsibility for things that went wrong, or that he lied were Labor's and not the community's.

"During the course of a crisis and a pandemic, you've got to move fast, you've got to be decisive," Mr Morrison said.

"That means sometimes you can't take everybody with you. And you don't always get everything right either."

A stoush over housing policy was a feature of campaigning on Monday with Mr Morrison denying his government's new policy to assist first home buyers would push up prices.

Earlier, Superannuation Minister Jane Hume said there would be an increase in house prices under the Coalition's housing proposal.

"I would imagine that there would be a lot of people that bring forward their decision to buy a house so I would imagine in the short term you might see a bump in house prices," she told ABC Radio National.

"But that doesn't play out the long term benefits of more home ownership, fewer people relying on rent."

Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the Coalition scheme was "desperation" and a "thought bubble".

On Sunday Mr Morrison announced first home buyers would be able to access 40 per cent of their superannuation up to $50,000 to buy a house.

In addition, a re-elected coalition would expand a scheme to encourage older Australians to downsize and free up housing supply.

Mr Morrison said the scheme was a way to help people deal with rising cost of living pressures and get them into their own homes.

"You let them use their own money," he said.

"You don't lock it away from them where someone else is in control of it ... it's theirs."

Mr Albanese said the prime minister's proposal proved he just wanted to cut people's super rather than address housing affordability.

"If you take super away from people, then you'll have higher deficits and bills from the government in the future," he told reporters in Perth on Monday.

"This is an attack on future savings, it's an attack on future generations, it's not about assisting people."

Mr Albanese said even senior Liberals had opposed the proposed superannuation policy in the past.

"The government in its desperation has come up with a thought bubble that according to itself has not been modelled (and) they have no idea what the impact will be," he said.

"Minister Hume belled the cat, (she) has said that it will put upward pressure on housing prices."

Labor's housing alternative involves a "help to buy" scheme where 10,000 low income earners would be eligible for a government equity contribution to help enter the housing market.

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees said the coalition's plan would drive up house prices and undermine the core purpose of the super system.

"Using super as a deposit will drive up property prices, leaving Australians with higher debt and depleted retirement savings," the institute's chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said.

"Superannuation ... is not a piggy bank the government can open at its convenience to avoid dealing with the real systemic issues facing first home buyers."

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The tributes continue to flow for Andrew Symonds, with a 'Fishing Rods for Roy' campaign launched to honour the former Australia Test star.

Cricket fans have been encouraged to leave fishing rods and cricket balls outside the front of their house as part of a nation-wide tribute for the 46-year-old.

Symonds died on Saturday night when his car left the road and rolled in Hervey Range, about 50km from Townsville.

His love of fishing was the stuff of folklore, with Symonds even sent home from an ODI series against Bangladesh in 2008 after missing a team meeting in Darwin so he could hit the water.

Symonds had even been willing to accept a 20 per cent pay cut from his Cricket Australia contract if it meant he would be granted more free time to go fishing.

New details emerged on Sunday of the crash that claimed the life of Symonds.

Waylon Townson tried to save Symonds after hearing the crash and rushing to the scene.

"He was stuck in there, so I tried to pull him out," Townson told the Nine Network.

"(I) started doing CPR and checked his pulse but I didn't get much response."

Symonds was travelling with his two dogs, and they reportedly didn't want to leave his side after the crash.

Adam Gilchrist choked back tears when paying tribute to Symonds on Monday during his SEN radio show.

Justin Langer, who played alongside Symonds in the Test team, joined Gilchrist and former coach Darren Lehmann to reminisce about their good friend.

"I loved him so much," Langer said.

"The great thing about Simmo in our environment was he was the great bull**** barometer.

"In the Australian team there would be some big egos. He would pull everyone into line.

"It wouldn't be through great speeches or anything, he would just look at you or pull you aside and say, 'Gentleman, enough of that son'.

"He was a great stabiliser in any team, because he was so real.

"Like Rod Marsh, he was so real, and that's why he was such an extraordinary person who we loved so much."

Lehmann said he was struggling to process the loss of Shane Warne, Rod Marsh, and Symonds in such a short space of time.

"He was one of the first guys I coached," Lehmann said.

"To lose a larger-than-life character is quite distressing for everyone, none more so than for his family.

"He was a legend of the game, we loved him very much, he lit up the room, and loved life to the fullest."

Another former Australia coach - John Buchanan - said he saw Symonds as a leader despite his larrikin behaviour.

"Roy was never perfect, that was for sure, and he never admitted that he was," Buchanan told the ABC.

"You know, he made poor decisions, like all of us do, at different stages of his life and different stages in his cricket career.

"But the one thing about Roy -- and one of the things that I think endeared him to most people -- was that even though he made a mistake, he would openly admit that and try to rectify that and take full accountability for that.

"And so when he saw other people that were probably treading the same path, he was certainly one of the first people to come forward and try to put them on the right direction.

"I always saw him as a leader in our team without a title."

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Canterbury football manager Phil Gould said a phone call when Trent Barrett "poured his heart out" led to the Bulldogs coach stepping down on Monday.

A 16-6 loss to Newcastle on Friday night at Suncorp Stadium in the Magic Round opener proved the final straw for Bulldogs officials, who spent the weekend discussing Barrett's future.

Barrett took the decision out of the board's hands, stepping down from the role effective immediately on Monday morning.

The Bulldogs are bottom of the NRL ladder and are averaging fewer than 10 points per game this season.

Gould and Barrett spent time together on the Gold Coast on Saturday before the coach picked up the phone the following day and said he could no longer continue in the role.

"I wasn't going to sack him," Gould said on Monday.

"I think the performances and pressure, he just got the feeling that he probably didn't have the solutions to what was going wrong.

"It was a very difficult discussion, it was very raw and he poured his heart out.

"He put his heart into this job and he wanted to end the speculation on the board to make any decision and he made the decision."

Barrett leaves Belmore having won just five of 34 matches in charge, despite an expensive recruitment drive that has included the additions of Josh Addo-Carr, Matt Burton, Tevita Pangai, Matt Dufty and Paul Vaughan.

Many players weren't at training on Monday with Gould informing them of Barrett's decision via text.

"We've got a huge flu going through the place and a number of players are unavailable to be here," he said. "Many of them have since phoned me.

"We'll call tomorrow's training off and we'll resume again on Wednesday with a short turnaround into the Friday night game (against the Wests Tigers)."

Gould said he wouldn't be stepping into the role and explained one of the club's existing coaches would take charge against the Tigers.

Former Canberra coach David Furner has been working as Barrett's assistant and Mick Potter is the club's NSW Cup coach.

Beyond that Gould said the picture was unclear.

The Dogs could recruit an unattached coach immediately or stick with an internal hire until the end of the season.

Shane Flanagan, whose son Kyle is on the Bulldogs' books, and former North Queensland coach Paul Green are both free agents.

Penrith assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo is the most likely candidate but the Panthers will put up a fight to prevent him leaving mid-season.

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