Ahead of September 7 general elections in Australia, preparation is at the peak, as main contenders makes final preparations to push for votes.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that Kevin Rudd, the incumbent Prime Minister and Labour Party flag bearer is ready to battle Tony Abbott of Liberal-National coalition in the election.

According to findings from sources, Mr Rudd, while campaigning in the New South Wales Central Coast, emphasised the Labor government's economic record and said his priority was "jobs, more jobs and jobs, health, hospitals and broadband, and to keep support for cost of living pressures". He also criticised the coalition's U-turn on internet policy as a "debacle".

Meanwhile, Mr Abbott, while campaigning from a guitar factory in Melbourne, said a failure of "quality control" was to blame for the fact that the internet policy was "poorly worded".

"We don't support filtering the internet. The coalition would "end the waste, stop the boats, and build roads of the 21st Century and the only way to do that is to choose a new government,” he said.

From what the opposition aim to achieve if given the mandate to rule, a A$4.5bn ($4bn, £2.6bn) cut in foreign aid over three years would be enacted, while the fund shall be diverted to domestic infrastructure projects, although this has been criticized by NGOs and rights groups.