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RT @news_com_au: Infographic of the Day: http://bit.ly/b7hk6d about 4 hours ago via web
RT @LetUsRejoice: Shorten lashes out at Abbott for his remark that talking about access to cinema for the disabled is "waffle" http://bi ... about 4 hours ago via web
and a 1.5% levy on junk food and alcohol advertising...as well as the previously reported push on dental care #ausvotes #greens about 4 hours ago via web
Bob Brown in Perth to launch Greens healthcare plan. Incl: $350m a year for mental health, minister for mental health #ausvotes about 4 hours ago via web
Today's Political Smack video mashup from the campaign... Reality check for Julia http://bit.ly/btQqCx #ausvotes #therealjulia about 4 hours ago via web
The PM bought a cheesecake today. #therealjulia #ausvotes about 6 hours ago via web
Gillard extends tax benefit to late teens: FAMILIES with teenagers will get an extra $4000 a year to help cope wit... http://bit.ly/b1bLsh about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
housing affordability named as No1 issue...so see why it's overlooked in the campaign. http://bit.ly/bY7o0K #ausvotes about 6 hours ago via web
Gillard promises to 'get real': PM vows to show voters "the real Julia" as poll puts parties in dead heat after ho... http://bit.ly/dcOEFC about 9 hours ago via twitterfeed
I am very much the underdog: Abbott: OPPOSITION Leader calls polls "volatile" despite leading 52-48 on the two-par... http://bit.ly/bT5f8X 11:14 PM Jul 30th via twitterfeed
i love the idea that somewhere...out there... is Babyland. http://bit.ly/cA90Uc #ausvotes #polls 10:01 PM Jul 30th via web
KRudd in hospital having his gall bladder removed. Good luck Kev. :-) #ausvotes 10:54 PM Jul 29th via web
@rhysyoung huh? 10:32 PM Jul 29th via web
KRudd drawn in last place on the ballot for Griffith...will be hoping for the #reversedonkey #ausvotes 8:07 PM Jul 29th via web
Gillard said Rudd was "in the tent"...but the prob is it's kinda like "inside the tent" leaking out, not outside leaking in. #ausvotes 7:53 PM Jul 29th via web
Gillard and conroy at press conference about NBN, but very quickly about Rudd instead... #ausvotes 7:52 PM Jul 29th via web
Abbott: "I think that when the history of these times is written the last three years will be seen as wasted years." #ausvotes 5:24 PM Jul 29th via web
TA quote from Adel: "so much of the legacy of the Hawke-Keating and the Howard-Costello Government has been squandered." #ausvotes 5:23 PM Jul 29th via web
or if you're more into this sorta thing...The Punch's Friday Fight Club is coming up soon too: http://www.thepunch.com.au #ausvotes 5:21 PM Jul 29th via web
for tweeps who are into this sorta thing, Abbott LIVE video interview coming up http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/video/live-video #ausvotes 5:00 PM Jul 29th via web