Julia Gillard has made a dramatic tactical gamble, firing the starting gun on what will effectively be the nation's longest-ever election campaign.
Certainty: JULIA Gillard has blindsided her cabinet by announcing a general election for September 14 in a bid to pressure Tony Abbott to release costed policies and stamp her authority on the Labor Party. As senior ministers including Bill Shorten backed her decision, supporters of Kevin Rudd expressed their fury at an "insane" move that surrendered the key advantage of incumbency of taking opponents by surprise when naming the election date.
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