Kevin Rudd set to formally announce Aus poll dates

Rudd flew to Canberra from his hometown of Brisbane on Sunday afternoon and later spent several minutes in Governor-General Quentin Bryce’s official residence. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visited Australia’s governor-general on Sunday in a formality preceding the announcement of an election likely to be held on 7 September just months after taking over again as the country’s leader. Prime ministers almost always pick the earliest available date, which in Rudd’s case is 7 September. Rudd was first elected prime minister in 2007 but was ousted in 2010 by his then deputy Julia Gillard in an internal leadership showdown within his center-left Labor Party.