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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 19 Aug, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Parties trade blows over attack ads By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths The major parties are attacking each other over whose television advertisements are more negative as the federal election campaign enters its third week. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended Labor's Grim Reaper-style attack ad as "policy based", saying it reveals the Opposition's plans to "slash, cut and burn". Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, however, has called the ad "outlandish" and branded it "low politics". The ad was released as the latest Newspoll delivered the worst ratings for Labor so far in the campaign. 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