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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has mapped a path to victory through Western Australia as he addressed local supporters at a BBQ in Perth.

The party is launching its campaign in WA for the first time since John Curtin in 1940, with Labor hoping to pick up the seats of Pearce, Swan and Hasluck while sandbagging marginal Labor seats like Cowan.

"We've got the quality, there's one thing we're missing. Quantity. We want more Labor seats in WA," Mr Albanese told the party faithful alongside Cowan MP Anne Aly, who holds the seat on less than a one per cent margin.

The opposition leader targeted the cost of living as he tried to piggyback off the popularity of state Labor leader Mark McGowan.

Mr Albanese announced $125 million in funding for 135 locally made electric buses, as part of a plan to shore up onshore manufacturing.

"A core part of my pitch to the Australian people is making more things here," he said.

"One of the lessons of the pandemic is we have to stand on our own two feet. We're vulnerable if we're at the end of supply chains.

"And every time a state Liberal government has gone and invested in rail carriages and other transport infrastructure overseas, it's never fit for purpose."

As the same time, the prime minister was lauding the government's economic plan in Tasmania on Saturday.

Taking the stage at a Launceston campaign rally, Scott Morrison told the crowd the election is about a strong economy underpinning a strong future as he urged Australians to stay the course with the current government.

"You may not like everything we've done, you may not like me that much, but that's not the point," Mr Morrison said.

"The point is you know what our plan is ... now is not the time to take a risk on what you don't know."

Mr Morrison earlier announced a $150 million cash splash from next year on medications listed under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The measure means $10 savings per script, with PBS listed medicines dropping from $42.50 to $32.50 for everyday conditions like high blood pressure and cholesterol.

Australians will have to wait until January, if the coalition wins next month's election, for the price discounts, aimed at easing the cost of living pains being felt across the country.

The original announcement of the measure during this year's federal budget was a mistake, Mr Morrison said.

"What we did in the budget was put in place temporary measures to deal with the cost of living."

"What this is, is the next step ... a transition to other longer term measures."

But Labor's finance spokesperson accused the prime minister of playing politics with the announcement.

"I suspect it's the fact that we'll have more to say about this that has focused Mr Morrison's mind on making the announcement he has today," Senator Katy Gallagher said.

"He's made an announcement his own government has abolished twice. Now it's not about cost of living, it's about his political convenience."

Cost-of-living issues are dominating the campaign as inflation spikes to a 20 year high, power prices rise and a interest rate lift looms as early as next week.

Senator Gallagher said the opposition's plans would put downward pressure on household budgets through cheaper childcare and energy prices.

"They're the levers available to us in government," she said.

Meanwhile in South Australia, independent candidate Jo Dyer has confirmation she's eligible to run for the seat of Boothby after fears she hadn't renounced her UK citizenship in time.

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Stargazers are in for a rare spectacle this weekend with four planets set to align followed by Venus and Jupiter appearing to almost smash into one another.

Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter will look like they're in a straight line early on Sunday morning, the Australian National University says

The two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and gas giant Jupiter, will get so close that they'll appear to collide and become one planet.

"Venus and Jupiter have been moving closer together over the past several weeks," astrophysicist Brad Tucker said on Saturday.

No special equipment is needed to view the celestial sky show from Australia, which starts about 4.30am EST and goes until sunrise.

"Although Venus and Jupiter get close to one another every few years, this time there is also Mars and Saturn in the mix which is pretty rare," Dr Tucker said.

"If you have a telescope, a pair of binoculars or a decent camera, then you'll get an even better view."

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars came together in the eastern sky in a formation not likely to be seen again until 2040, during the early sunrise hours of May 13, 2011.

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German tennis great Boris Becker has been jailed by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.

Becker was convicted earlier this month of four charges under Britain's Insolvency Act, including failing to disclose, concealing and removing significant assets following a bankruptcy trial.

The 54-year-old six-times Grand Slam champion was found guilty of transferring money to his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely after his 2017 bankruptcy.

"It is notable you have not shown remorse or acceptance of your guilt," judge Deborah Taylor told him on Friday as she sentenced the two-time Australian Open champion to two years and six months in prison at London's Southwark Crown Court.

"While I accept the humiliation you have felt as a result of these proceedings, you have shown no humility."

She said Becker would serve half his sentence behind bars and the remainder on licence.

Becker, whose partner Lillian and son Noah were in court, looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down.

He was previously convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, for which he received a suspended prison sentence.

The trial had heard how the former world No.1, who was a teenage wunderkind and won Wimbledon three times, lost his fortune following his retirement.

The jury heard how he claimed not to know the location of some of his trophies, how he took a high-interest loan from one of Britain's richest businessmen, and tried to avoid bankruptcy by claiming to have diplomatic protection from the Central African Republic.

Becker's lawyer, Jonathan Laidlaw, told the court the tennis player had been left with "literally nothing to show for what was the most glittering of sporting careers" and his case was "nothing short of tragedy" as he appealed for leniency.

When Becker won his first Wimbledon title in 1985 aged 17, he was the youngest and first unseeded player to claim the men's singles title.

In court, he wore a tie in the purple and green colours of the Wimbledon tournament.

Prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley accused Becker of "playing the system with bad faith" by concealing and transferring assets, and had deprived creditors of more than Stg 2 million ($A3.5 million) in assets, none of which had so far been paid back.

"When it suited him, he made full disclosure, when it didn't, he didn't," she said, urging the judge to pass a custodial sentence.

Becker was made bankrupt in connection with a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co, and under the terms of the bankruptcy order, he was bound to provide full disclosure of assets.

He was convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany, hiding an 825,000 euro ($A1.2 million) bank loan and shares in a Canadian technology firm.

"We have noted the verdict regarding Boris Becker with regret," the German Tennis Federation (DTB) said.

"We wish him a lot of strength for the future. He will forever be part of our tennis family."

Becker had denied all charges, saying he'd cooperated with the bankruptcy proceedings - even offering up his wedding ring - and had relied on his advisers.

Becker was acquitted of 20 other counts, including charges that he failed to hand over other assets, including two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal.

"His reputation, an essential part of the brand, which gives him work, is in tatters," Laidlaw said.

"His fall is not simply a fall from grace and amounts to the most public of humiliations."

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