Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee declared the Canberra Liberals were ready to lead the ACT after 23 years of Labor-Greens rule, while Chief Minister Andrew Barr dismissed longevity as a liability for his government.
Party leaders sought to sway any remaining undecided voters on the eve of election day.
But with nearly 40 per cent of votes cast by the end of Thursday there was a feeling the campaign was largely finished.
Ms Lee said used her last campaign press conference to talk about her party's readiness to govern.
"We have a team that has a breadth of experience, professional experience and life experience," Ms Lee said.
Asked if there would be cuts to the number of public servants or public services under a Liberal government, Ms Lee said: "No."
Mr Barr said he was not concerned the Labor government's longevity would be a liability with voters.
"I don't think that's a major factor for most voters because the electoral roll changes in every election. There are hundreds of thousands of voters now who weren't voters in 2001," he said.
Greens leader Shane Rattenbury said the Greens had presented ideas that went beyond "tweaking around the edges" to fix big problems.
"Canberrans can see, if they vote for us, they've got people who are pushing a clear agenda," Mr Rattenbury said.
"Now, Labor has a comfort in being in power. They expect to be in power. And we see a very important role for us in making sure we are there to push the envelope, not to let them get comfortable, to make sure that we are driving an agenda that is good for the future of this city."
Mr Barr and Health Rachel Stephen-Smith held a press conference at the newly completed Canberra Hospital, with Mr Barr eager to point out "Labor is the party that builds hospitals in this city".
"I said in many of our ads, I'm not promising the world, we're promising more progressive, practical, government," he said.
Mr Barr indicated he did not expect any dissatisfaction with the federal Labor government to affect the ACT.
"People understand the difference ... but they do also understand the capacity to work well together," he said.
Ms Stephen-Smith said there would always be challenges in the health system, but she pointed to a "dramatically" improved emergency department wait time result in the last 18 months.
"Every health system across Australia and around the world is under pressure. That's why our first major election commitment of this campaign was to hire 800 more healthcare workers," Ms Stephen-Smith said.
"We know that that is deliverable because in 2020 we committed to at least 400 more health workers, and we actually funded and recruited around 580 health workers."
Ms Lee again attacked Mr Barr for not submitting a costing request for the 800 healthcare workers. Labor has said the workers, which will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, are costed in other policy requests and in the ACT budget.
Labor's campaign has sought to cast the Canberra Liberals as a deeply conservative party, despite Ms Lee coming from the moderate wing of the party.
"I have no interest in what Andrew Barr's opinion is and I think come Saturday, the most important thing will be what Canberrans vote for," Ms Lee said, when she asked if she would struggle to maintain support within the party room for moderate policy positions.
"And I hope that what they have seen is a very positive, bold vision for the future of Canberra, a very ambitious and big broad plan, that a Canberra Liberals government will deliver."
Mr Rattenbury said Canberrans had got the chance to know the Greens better since 2020, when six were elected to the Assembly.
"We have really brought both sides of the Greens' DNA through this process of government. We've been activist and ambitious, we've been change makers. We've also been pragmatic, responsible and collaborative partners in government," he said.
