Prime Minister Scott Morrison has poured cold water on a review of early voting for federal elections as nearly a million voters have already cast heir ballot.
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According to the latest Australian Electoral Commission figures, 915,000 people have voted in the federal election since early voting started on April 29.
The tally is on target to smash through the one million mark on Tuesday.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the early voting period made it hard for MPs holding portfolio responsibilities to cover their electorates as well as other parts of the country.
"It does feel a bit long, three weeks," he told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday.
"That's an issue that will probably be revisited by both sides of politics after this election."
However, Mr Morrison later told reporters in Albury he didn't see a problem with the existing system.
"I don't think people are complaining about having the opportunity to vote over three weeks so I don't really see it as an issue," he said.
"I think they find it quite convenient."
He said voters would not learn anything new from Labor about its policy costings whether they decided to vote early or wait until polling day on May 18.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said he wanted to focus on convincing people to vote Labor.
"We can review these things after an election but my focus is on the election," he told reporters in Geelong.
"One of the themes that is leading to early pre-poll activity is a mood for change."
Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese said the length of pre-poll voting should be reviewed.
"I would have thought that needs to be looked at," Mr Albanese told Sky News.
"I think pre-poll voting is very valuable but three weeks is a very, very long time."
He said up to two million people may vote before the coalition's official campaign launch on Sunday in Melbourne.
Earlier in the week, independent MP Kerryn Phelps said people voting in the final week were doing so under different circumstances to when early voting opens.
"We need to look at that. Is that what we really want to see? Or should it really be compressed into a week and perhaps some postal voting," she said.
In 2007, pre-poll votes excluding postal votes were 8.2 per cent, rising to 22.7 per cent in 2016.
Adding postals, the early voting figure for 2007 rose to 13 per cent, while in 2016 it was 31 per cent.
A record 16.4 million Australians are enrolled to vote at this election with polls to close on May 18.
Australian Associated Press
