HE'S got his chip, but he doesn't have his vote.

Kevin Rudd today spent the longest time with real people during his campaign so far when he made a mammoth hour-long shopping centre tour of Perth's Carousel Westfield at Cannington.

Making a brief stop to refuel, he stole a chip from the plate of three courier drivers eating at chicken takeaway Nando's.

But while 23-year-old Mark Allen was happy to provide the nourishment, he said he would be voting for Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

"I think the other guy's going to do a better job," Mr Allen said "He's a bit more stable in my mind."

Election 2013: Day 12 of the campaign

Mr Rudd's tour was mostly met with positivity and excitement as the PM cuddled babies, posed for selfies and told people about Labor's policies for jobs and the NBN.

He spoke to many first-time voters who were so impressed they promised to vote Labor.

And he held several babies, including 13-week-old Hudson Dunn.

His mother Kirstin said she had a Kevin '07 T-shirt at home and would be voting for the leader once more.

Mr Rudd also met Samantha Fletcher who was on the phone to mum Teresa when she ran into the PM.

"You're mum's a New Zealander?" he asked of Samantha as he took the phone and spoke to her mother himself.

"There's been a bit of an earthquake in Wellington. I don't know if you got that news this morning," he said into the phone.

"I'll be talking to the New Zealand Prime Minister soon."

Mr Rudd has spent much of his campaign so far visiting schools and research facilities, although he mixed it with visitors to Brisbane's Ekka on Wednesday, serving them ice-creams at the show's iconic sundae stand.

He was mobbed by hundreds of excited people there too.

Mr Rudd's shopping centre stroll went better than his visit to Perth's Ctiy Link station this morning where he was heckled by a man shouting "you're a f---ing idiot."

As a woman commended the Prime Minister for the job he was doing and a man selling the Big Issue at the city's main train station asked about the government policy's on youth homelessness, Joshua Kyriakos Kailis yelled at Mr Rudd.

Later he said: "He is a f---ing idiot, why should I regret swearing?"

He called on Mr Rudd to resign.

Mr Rudd received a better welcome from Precious, a motley small dog, he picked up from a stroller and cuddled.

Mr Rudd was touring new construction on the Perth City Link train station which is funded by the state and federal governments.

He was mobbed as he briefly walked among commuters on their way to work.

In his first foray to a construction site, the Prime Minister met with builders and commuters before spruiking the Federal Government's $236 million contribution to the $360 million project.

The works will sink part of the Fremantle line, create a new platform and pedestrian underpass and open up 50,000 square metres of space for urban development in the centre of the city.

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