AUSTRALIA holds a general election on Saturday 21st August. The incumbent Labor Party had been feeling confident, but the rise in the polls of both the Liberal Party, led by Tony Abbott, and the Green Party has changed that. Labor, led by Julia Gillard, is still expected to squeak through, helped by the second-preference votes of the Green Party's supporters. But Labor Party strategists are alarmed that the party has not been able to thump Mr Abbott, who was widely thought to be a weak candidate. Instead, Ms Gillard has been stilted and Mr Abbott has cut loose: his immigration policy, which makes Arizona's immigration law seem positively enlightened, appears to be proving popular.
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