The Labor party has released the latest in a string of peculiar videos to punctuate this election campaign, showing Bill Shorten being interviewed by his wife, Chloe.

The affectionate exchange took place in a Darwin pub and covered the opposition leader’s time in the Army Reserve, how he spends his weekends, and his relationship with his mother.

Needless to say there appeared to be no surprises for Ms Shorten in her husband’s responses to her gentle questioning.

“So people don’t necessarily know this but before you were a union leader and a union representative, you were a lawyer and before that you were in the Army Reserve,” she began.

“I should have stayed in it longer,” Mr Shorten responded.

“I loved being a rifleman and learning all those skills. But somewhat fortunately Australia’s guarded by really elite professional defence forces and reservists and I think to the relief of the Army I stopped being a rifleman.’’

He went on to describe that a “typical weekend as a dad” involved getting up early for his job as a “volunteer bus driver” taking his kids to and from sport and dance lessons and that he tried to “sneak in the odd jog” and make her (Chloe) happy.

He also revealed that he liked speaking to people at town hall meetings where politicians couldn’t hide behind “a simple grab or a quote or a 15 second burst on the television.

“I’ve never had a conversation where I didn’t learn something from someone,” he said.

In a move echoing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s recent video tribute to his father, Ms Shorten also asked the opposition leader about his mother, Anne.

“She came from a pretty poor family, she was the eldest of four kids, none of whom had ever been to university,” he said.

He revealed she went to university on a teacher’s scholarship, and went on to teach internationally, as well as in government schools, and later at university.

“She always taught me, whenever you had a question, look it up. So she was a big believer in self help. If you had a question try and find out the answer, read a book, open a book.”

In a campaign ad released earlier this month, Mr Turnbull moved to redress Labor’s rhetoric that his wealth makes him out of touch.

He narrated to voters how his father was a “battler” who raised him as a single parent with strength and loyalty and spoke of his mother, who had left them, in the “most glowing terms”.

Queensland MP Bob Katter was widely criticised last week for a campaign video depicting him shooting dead two men dressed in ALP and Liberal Party shirts.