Australia election: Key issues

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Australians go to the polls on 7 September in a general election that will see Prime Minister Kevin Rudd take on opposition leader Tony Abbott.

Mr Rudd became prime minister for the second time in June after ousting his Labor colleague and rival Julia Gillard. Now he is back at the helm, the race is a tighter one - but Labor continues to trail the opposition Liberal-National coalition.

Here are some of the key battlegrounds.