Albanese makes his final pitch to voters

Anthony Albanese has made his final pitch to voters before polling day, arguing the current government has no plans for the future.

In a wide-ranging election-eve interview on the ABC's 7.30 program, the Labor leader said the opposition would be competitive on Saturday, and was in a better position than it was in the 2019 election.

His comments come despite large numbers of voters moving away from the major parties ahead of Saturday's poll.

"Labor in terms of our primary vote is attracting more support than we did at the last election or the one before that," Mr Albanese said.

"We've seen over a period of time a drift away from the tradition whereby people were born into a Labor family or a conservative family. Society has changed and we have far more various views and a growth of minor parties."

The opposition leader said he was campaigning throughout the election on trust, but denied he was orchestrating a scare campaign about the privatisation of Medicare.

"What people out there know is that right now, it's harder to see a GP, harder to see a doctor," he said.

"That's why we have our urgent care clinics proposals, and I stand by our policies about strengthening Medicare."

During the interview, Mr Albanese attempted to brush off his handling of the campaign, following early blunders such as not remembering the unemployment rate.

He said he had owned up to the errors and aimed to focus on broader issues of the campaign.

"I fessed up to just having a memory lapse at that particular time in that context. I'm not about making excuses, I owned it and moved on," Mr Albanese said.

"Throughout the entire campaign, I've said two big themes: we don't think people should fall behind and we don't think people should be held back."

On the final day of campaigning, Mr Albanese hit the ground running, visiting four electorates across three states.

He began the day in Adelaide, visiting a coffee shop in Sturt and then a school in Boothby alongside former prime minister Julia Gillard in a rare campaign appearance.

In an emotional moment, Mr Albanese said his late mother would be "proud as punch" that he was on the cusp of becoming Australia's next prime minister after coming from such humble beginnings.

The Labor leader spoke of his mother's "courage" and how his political rise was a tribute to Australia's multiculturalism.

"The fact that young kid is now running for prime minister says a lot about her and her courage, but also says a lot about this country," he said on Friday.

"(It says a lot) that someone from those beginnings, someone can stand before you today, hoping to be elected prime minister of this country tomorrow."

The opposition leader has spoken frequently of his upbringing in public housing in Sydney, raised by a single mother, throughout the six-week election campaign.

Mr Albanese said Saturday's election had extra significance, with the possibility of the first prime minister being elected from a non Anglo-Celtic background.

The Labor leader then made a fly-in visit to the marginal seat of Bass in Launceston, where he visited a pre-poll centre on Friday afternoon.

Mr Albanese was campaigning with Labor candidate Ross Hart, who is hoping to win the seat back from the coalition.

He made his final stop in the Melbourne electorate of Chisholm, visiting a local supermarket alongside deputy leader Richard Marles to thank workers who had kept shelves stocked during the pandemic.

Mr Albanese told the group of employees he was ready for polling day, saying it was his "grand final".