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1. On which show did Kevin Rudd and Joe Hockey, a Liberal member of Parliament, have a weekly TV segment every Friday?
2. Who did Kevin Rudd replace as leader of the Australian Labor Party in December 2006?
3. Which slogan did Kevin Rudd NOT use during the campaign?
4. According to the the Liberal Party, what percentage of the Australian Labor Party candidates had union membership?
5. Which of these happened to Kevin Rudd?
6. What piece of legislation, passed in Parliament in 2006, had upset the union movement?
7. Which of the following happened during the campaign for the seat of Wentworth?
8. Who said to a radio disc jockey that the Labor Government would "change the world when they get elected"?
9. Who arrived late for a TV debate, told an asbestos disease sufferer that he had impure motives and was caught swearing on TV?
10. What happened in 2007 for the first time ever during an election campaign?
11. What did Peter Costello say about the Australian Labor Party at the Federal Coalition campaign launch?
12. Maxine McKew was the Labor candidate for the seat of Bennelong. What was her job 12 months before the election?
13. Which retiring Liberal member's husband was caught distributing racist pamphlets stating that the Labor Party supported the Bali bombers in the last week of the election campaign?
14. John Howard became only the second Prime Minister to lose his seat at a Federal Election. What was the name of the seat he represented for over 33 years?
15. In his speech conceding defeat, who did John Howard say should be the new Leader of the Liberal party?
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