If Ms Gillard is still straining to convince voters, Tony Abbott, the opposition leader, is faring little better.

如果吉拉德仍在紧张的说服选民，反对派领导人托尼·艾伯特则显得更成功些。

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When asked about the claim, Tony Abbott would neither confirm or deny, but said creative strategies were being used to stop asylum-seekers 'boats.

在被问及该传闻时，托尼·阿博特既不承认也不否认，他只是说已经采取创意策略来阻止难民船。

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Opposition leader Tony Abbott pledged to wage a political war against the proposed carbon levy.

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Opinions polls have Labor on course for defeat at the hands of Tony Abbott's Liberal Party.

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Opposition leader Tony Abbott said that constitutional recognition for the indigenous peoples was long overdue.

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