Australia’s Rudd Faces Defeat in Marginal Seats, Newspoll Shows
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Support for Australia’s Labor Party has collapsed on the east coast, according to a Newspoll that signals Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be defeated at a Sept. 7 general election.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition may pick up 20 additional seats in just the east coast states of New South Wales and Victoria, the Weekend Australian reported when it published Newspoll surveys today. Abbott’s coalition needs to win just four extra electorates to claim power.