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Parties employ dodgy 11th hour tactics

All polls might point towards a decisive coalition victory, but that hasn't stopped both sides of politics employing dodgy last minute campaign tactics.

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All polls might point towards a decisive coalition victory, but that hasn't stopped both sides of politics employing dodgy last minute campaign tactics.

In the electorate of Greenway, Labor has stationed a vehicle outside a polling booth that has a giant electronic screen playing a continuous loop of Liberal candidate Jaymes Diaz's botched TV interview.

The excruciating six minute interview made global headlines a month back after Mr Diaz struggled to explain the coalition's policy on asylum seekers, only managing to muster up a promise to "stop the boats".

On the other side of the fence, provocative campaign posters have been put out featuring Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his predecessor Julia Gillard in a close embrace and the word

"REMEMBER" written underneath.

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Just 15 minutes after polling booths opened on Saturday Opposition Leader Tony Abbott conducted an early morning commercial television blitz where he suggested Labor had been up to some dodgy campaign tactics.

But the morning wasn't all smooth sailing for Mr Abbott, as he came under a torrent of verbal abuse from one woman when casting his vote alongside his family at the Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club.

Meanwhile, Mr Kevin Rudd delayed plans to cast his ballot early in the day to make time for television interviews and a "telephone town hall" drive where he took calls from constituents around the nation.

Mr Rudd conceded in his interview with the Seven Network that Labor had got "stacks of things wrong" in government.

The latest Newspoll predicts Labor could lose up to 32 seats, reducing it to fewer than than 50 MPs in the next parliament.


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