The Prime Minister, on Sun 4.8.2013, announced that the Federal Election will be held on Saturday, 7 September 2013.
In making the announcement, Mr Rudd said that “on the economy, with the end of the China resources boom, we can no longer afford to have all our eggs just in one basket”. He said “we must broaden the economic base, diversify our economy” and “that’s why the Government has embraced a new national competitiveness agenda for the future and a new way of bringing business, unions and government around one table to deal with our common national interests, which should be much greater and more important than the individual interests of any of us”.
In response to the Government’s announcement, the Coalition announced its “Our Real Solutions Plan” which it says includes “10 clear actions” that it will take to “make our country stronger and families more secure”. As part of its first action, the Coalition said it will “scrap the carbon tax, the mining tax, help small businesses create jobs and provide a modest company tax cut”.
[LTN 149, 5/8/13]