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The tweet was later deleted.
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The first Newspoll of 2013 has shown Julia Gillard (L) leading Tony Abbott 45-33 as preferred PM.
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Tony Abbott says former PM Kevin Rudd (pic) is resigned to being "on the outer" in the Labor party.
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Julie Bishop says Labor's allegations about her time as a lawyer will not stop her asking questions.
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The government will back an inaugural international conference to tackle violence against women.
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The Environment MP says it's time for the opposition to stop "beating up" the union fraud story.
Gore says direct action plan won't work
Australians should take a careful look at the progress made to slow climate change here and around the world before the federal election, former US vice-president Al Gore says.
The prominent environmental campaigner believes Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon tax shows courage and vision but the coalition's direct action plan to deal with climate change won't work.
Speaking from Tennessee, Mr Gore said he would be watching how the 2013 federal election unfolded and what that meant for action on climate change.
"I'm very impressed with your current prime minister," he told ABC TV on Monday, referring to Labor's carbon tax.
"She's shown a great deal of courage and vision."
Asked what he thought about the coalition's plan to abolish the carbon tax and replace it with direct action programs, Mr Gore said: "It didn't work here, it hasn't worked anywhere."
He said with recent floods, fires and extreme weather, there was powerful evidence the climate crisis was having a harsh impact on Australia.
"Mother Nature (is) now speaking very loudly and persuasively, in keeping with what the scientists predicted would unfold," he said.
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