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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has kicked off Good Friday by sitting in on a church service in Melbourne's west where the local sitting Liberal holds the electorate by a thread.

Mr Morrison and Chisholm MP Gladys Liu attended the Good Friday service at a Baptist church in Glen Waverley as the prime minister prepares to tour Melbourne for the day.

Ms Liu holds Chisholm by just 0.57 per cent with the seat considered a key target of both major parties at next month's election.

Leaders promised a campaigning detente for Good Friday, with limited official events to take place, but both are expected to be on the road again for Easter Saturday.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese is due to attend a Catholic mass in Sydney's west on Friday.

Mr Morrison and Mr Albanese have confirmed they will go head-to-head on Wednesday in their first debate of the election campaign.

The leaders will face questions from audience members in Brisbane in what is being billed as a "people's forum" of undecided voters hosted by Sky News and the Courier Mail.

It comes after the prime minister cancelled a planned speech at a defence conference in Tasmania on Thursday afternoon after a car in his security detail crashed and rolled en route to the event.

Mr Morrison wasn't involved in the crash and four police officers were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the other vehicle involved was unhurt.

The prime minister is under pressure over his captain's pick for the seat of Warringah Katherine Deves, who was forced to apologise after a clip of her comparing her activism to Nazi resistance resurfaced.

Ms Deves founded the lobby group Save Women's Sport, which aims to stop trans-women from participating in women's sports.

"Many people would say to themselves ... oh I would have been part of the French Resistance, the underground," she said on a YouTube podcast in February 2021.

"When all of this was happening and no one was speaking out, I thought 'this is it', this is the moment in my life when I am going to have to stand up and say something."

Ms Deves recently deleted her Twitter account after she came under fire for anti-trans posts, including claiming "half of all males with trans identities are sex offenders" and claiming transgender children were "surgically mutilated and sterilised".

Mr Morrison was also under fire on Thursday when reporters pushed him on failing to introduce integrity commission legislation to parliament in the last term of government, despite promising to do so at the 2019 election.

Mr Morrison denies breaking his promise, saying the government had detailed legislation but didn't introduce it because Labor said it wouldn't support it.

Meanwhile, Mr Albanese was forced to clarify his party's border policy after saying boat turnbacks would mean there wouldn't be a need for offshore processing.

Mr Albanese said he supported boat turnbacks - which he dubbed "effective" - and the preference was not to have people in offshore detention.

But the opposition leader reiterated his support for offshore detention.

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Australian Owen Wright's quest to avoid the World Surf League's mid-season cut has continued with the Olympic bronze medallist reaching the quarter-finals of the Bells Beach Pro.

Wright came out on top in a tense round-of-16 heat against Nat Young in pumping conditions on Friday, putting together a two-wave total of 16.40 out of 20 to eliminate the American (15.77) and reach the last eight.

It's already the 32-year-old's best result of 2022 as he quests to improve his lowly ranking before the tour field is cut to 24 after the next stop of the year at Margaret River, WA.

Coming into Bells in equal 31st on the rankings, Wright got off to a fast start with an 8.67 on just his second wave of the heat.

He and fellow goofy-footer Young traded blows in a high-scoring contest, Young's 8.10 on his third wave setting up a tense finish to the half-hour heat.

Wright fired back with a 7.73 on his fifth wave, leaving Young needing an 8.31 to take the lead and the American was unable to find that score allowing the Australian to advance.

Wright is one of eight Australians left in the men's draw, including three-time world champion Mick Fanning.

The 40-year-old, who has come out of retirement to chase a fifth Bells crown as a wildcard, reached the last 16 after eliminating world No.1 Kanoa Igarashi in an upset on Thursday.

Fanning will face compatriot Callum Robson for a spot in the quarter-finals.

That's one of two all-Australian clashes in the round-of-16 with Merewether giant-killer Jackson Baker taking on top-ranked Aussie man Ethan Ewing.

Other Australians still in the competition included Morgan Cibilic, taking on 2019 Bells winner John John Florence, while Connor O'Leary is up against Brazil's Filipe Toledo.

With light off-shore winds and waves up to 3.5 metres, conditions are expected to be good enough for organisers to potentially even run the men's or women's quarter-finals later in the day.

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Police are investigating a crash on a Tasmanian road involving a car in Scott Morrison's security detail.

Four police officers in the unmarked police car were taken to hospital for further assessment on Thursday afternoon.

The prime minister was not involved in the crash near Elizabeth Town.

Tasmanian police said initial inquiries indicated a Mitsubishi Triton collided with the rear of the police vehicle while attempting to merge.

Two Tasmanian police officers and two federal police officers were conscious when transported and had "non-life threatening injuries" after the car rolled down an embankment.

Mr Morrison said he was relieved the officers were taken to hospital, where they were receiving care.

"Our police do an amazing job in keeping us all safe. I am incredibly grateful to all the police who look after me and my family," he wrote on Facebook.

"We have all got to know each other over the years. They are selfless, professional and incredibly generous. I hope to hear further good news about their condition.

"Jen and I also send our thanks, love and best wishes to them and their families."

Family members have been notified and are being kept up to date about their condition.

The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.

"As is normal process for a crash involving police, the Tasmania Police Professional Standards Unit has been advised and will monitor the investigation," Tasmanian police said.

Australia Federal Police said the matter was not being treated as a security incident at this stage.

The event Mr Morrison was due to attend was cancelled.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese sent his best wishes to the police officers.

"They do a fantastic job and I wish all a speedy recovery."

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A car in Scott Morrison's security detail has crashed on the way to an event in Tasmania but no one has been seriously injured.

The prime minister was not involved in the crash near Elizabeth Town.

The two Tasmanian police officers and two federal police officers involved were conscious when transferred to hospital for further assessment.

Family members have been notified and are being kept up to date about their condition.

The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.

In a statement, a spokesman for the prime minister said he was grateful for the protection provided by his security team and extended his best wishes to the officers and their families.

The event Mr Morrison was due to attend has been cancelled.

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