As she battles to stay afloat in Australia's election, Julia Gillard admits that her campaign is not working. The prime minister, only a few weeks in the job, plans to "throw out the rule book" and let voters look at "the real Julia". With the race for the election on August 21st entering its final fortnight, she had better try something striking. She started the campaign as favourite, but her fortunes have suddenly plummeted. Opinion polls suggest that Labor may lose power, after just one term, to the opposition Liberal-National coalition.
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