Bloomberg: Kevin Rudd overtook opposition leader Tony Abbott as Australias preferred prime minister ahead of an election scheduled Sept. 14, according to a national poll of voters.
Rudd is the preferred choice for prime minister by 51 percent of voters compared with 34 percent for Abbott, according to a Galaxy poll of 1,002 voters. Support for Labor increased as much as 10 percent in Sydney and Melbourne suburbs including Blaxland and Maribyrnong, according to a separate ReachTEL poll conducted June 27....