Australian PM set to call election for Aug 28
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to call an election on Saturday, broadcaster ABC said, taking advantage of a rebound in support for her party as it struggles to sell policies on the economy, resources, climate and asylum seekers.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said Gillard would visit Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Canberra on Saturday morning to seek permission to call an election for August 28. "I'm not speculating on election day," Gillard said in a radio interview earlier on Friday, but media speculation subsequently grew that she would call a late August poll on Saturday or next weekend. (Reuters)
