SYDNEY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was on Sunday expected to focus on the economy in the much-anticipated first debate of Australia’s election campaign, as another poll brought bad news for his government.

Rudd, who retook the Labor Party leadership in June, has repeatedly said he is the underdog in the September 7 national poll against conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott.

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