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The article discusses aspects of Australian political life in the summer of 2007. The piece is primarily a profile of Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd, providing details of his childhood, education and political actions and philosophy. Also addressed are the problems besetting the Liberal Party government of prime minister John Howard.

In this article the author examines the 2007 election campaign in Australia, an event that led to the election of Labor Party candidate Kevin Rudd as prime minister over the Liberal-National coalition incumbent John Howard. Among a number of issues the popular environmental policies advocated by Rudd are discussed, as are the unpopular labor policies of Howard.