Britain's shock decision to exit Europe sent Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten scrambling to convince voters to trust them to deal with the volatile economic times ahead. Mr Turnbull issued a plea for a strong majority government with a strong economic plan while Mr Shorten pointed out it was Labor which led Australia through the global financial crisis.
But political pollsters have warned that the result in Britain reflects a growing disenchantment and disengagement with the mainstream political class which is also on the rise in Australia. 
While the orthodox view is that the spectre of economic instability should benefit the Coalition and secure its re-election on   July 2, it is equally possible that the election outcome will be volatile with strong votes for third parties in both houses.
After Friday's Brexit shock, renowned pollster Tony Mitchelmore warned "plenty of people in Australia would like to go back to the past".
"Times were simpler, more straightforward, (there was) less anxiety, future more certain.
"  Maybe a myth but that's the perception" he said.
"Brexit and Trump offer control and power to people who feel uncertain about the future, powerless and resentful. They use words like 'your', 'our' and 'my', 'take back our country, take back our borders, take back our jobs".
"Turnbull's positive message is 'we can be great again' but it is still about the future. A different future via innovation. It's still about the unknown.
"Brexit and Trump is about going back to the past. The known."
Two weeks ago, Mr Mitchelmore first warned publicly of the growing disengagement when his focus group research in Western Sydney found swing voters have become increasingly cynical and disgruntled and would prove extremely difficult to engage by the election time.
They lack confidence in their future and, for the first time in generations, the future for their children. They have become increasingly disengaged with politics and the election and lack belief in the political class - the same factors which drove the popularity of Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump and the message of taking back power from Brussels and Washington "and away from those bloody politicians who don't seem to be making my life any better".
Mr Turnbull, who launches the Liberal campaign in Western Sydney on Sunday, said there was no cause for alarm. While he said it would take several years for Britain to negotiate its exit from the EU, there would be a period of instability and uncertainty on global markets.
"Now more than ever, Australia needs a stable majority Coalition government with a strong economic plan," he said.
The Prime Minister indirectly acknowledged the volatility in the electorate as he urged voters to eschew third parties.
"A strong majority government, a strong economic plan. That is what Australia needs in these times of opportunity and, as we have seen, uncertainty."
Mr Shorten, who along with Mr Turnbull was briefed on the consequences of a British exit by the heads of the Reserve Bank of Australia and Treasury, said Labor had led the nation through the global financial crisis.
He said Australia could withstand any fallout from a Brexit, just as the Rudd government saw the nation through the GFC. "The fundamentals of the Australian economy are solid," Mr Shorten said.
"We cope with international events all the time."
The UK is Australia's second biggest destination for investment and second biggest foreign investor after the US, with many big Australian companies having British earnings.
Veteran pollster John Scales said there were no direct parallels with Brexit other than "it shows you just can't expect anything in terms of people voting for you".
Mr Scales, who agrees with the growing disengagement, said many voters "just don't care" and nothing the major parties had been pushing was connecting.
That was why both the Labor and Coalition campaigns had switched to the negative.
Family First Senator Bob Day called on the Coalition to drop its plans to cut superannuation tax concessions.
"The Turnbull Government must now abandon its superannuation tax grab. Superannuation is going to cop a hammering from the Brexit fallout, the Coalition must not now also raid superannuation," he said.
The Coalition always leads Labor in the polls in terms of preferred economic manager.
In addition, uncertainty always benefits the incumbent, as the   September 11, 2001 terror attacks helped the Howard government back into power a few weeks later.