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NewsMail Morning Edition Mon 02 Sep, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Rudd's popularity slides one week from election A new poll suggests Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's personal popularity with voters is faltering, less than one week from the election. The Newspoll, published by News Limited, shows Mr Rudd's dissatisfaction rating has jumped six points to 58 per cent. In another blow, Tony Abbott has overtaken Mr Rudd as preferred prime minister, leading 43 per cent to 41 per cent. Labor's primary has slumped four points to 33 per cent, and Labor now trails the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis, 54 per cent to 46 per cent. More » Defiant Assad braced for 'aggression' as US details sarin evidence Broadcaster David Frost dies of heart attack ATSB investigating fatal Ambulance Victoria helicopter rescue near Lake Eildon Vote Compass: Most Australians support Indigenous recognition US Open: Lleyton Hewitt reaches the last 16 with four-set win over Russian Evgeny Donskoy More Analysis » ALP launch: Rudd's keeping it simple Campaign launches don't usually have much to do with launching campaigns. It's now traditional in Australian politics to have them a matter of days before the actual election; like firing the starter's pistol as the runners enter the home straight. Yesterday's ALP campaign launch, however, actually felt like a campaign launch. For the first time in this campaign, the Prime Minister kept it simple, and it started to sound like the basis of an argument for keeping him on. Of course, you needed to give him the benefit of the doubt. More » Labor launch too late to hit home What are our options in Syria? Homeowner dreams an aged underclass nightmare The victory speech you will never hear This is the calm before the political storm Cats fans concerned about the political state of play Syria intervention: Obama's unpopular choices Can Matt Damon solve our refugee policy dilemma? Senate voting threatens more than our eyesight Just In More Just In » Vote Compass: Most Australians support Indigenous recognition A clear majority of Australians are in favour of recognising Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, according to the latest data from Vote Compass. More » Hewitt beats Donskoy to reach last 16 Mandela spends first night at home after hospital stay Election live September 2: Labor on the ropes in the final week Bush Snr spokesman 'sorry' for mistakenly announcing Mandela's death ATSB to interview witnesses to fatal helicopter rescue fall AMSA doubted asylum seeker's plea for help Morsi to stand trial on charges of inciting and committing violence Rudd's popularity slides one week from election Bale signs with Real Madrid for record fee World More World » Hewitt beats Donskoy to reach last 16 Lleyton Hewitt has beaten Russia's Evgeny Donskoy in four sets to reach the last 16 of the US Open. More » Mandela spends first night at home after hospital stay Bush Snr spokesman 'sorry' for mistakenly announcing Mandela's death Morsi to stand trial on charges of inciting and committing violence Bale signs with Real Madrid for record fee Earthquake in remote Indonesia Business More Business » Rudd makes jobs, training the focus at Labor launch By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths Officially launching Labor's campaign, Kevin Rudd has urged voters to choose the ALP at this Saturday's election to save jobs and protect family budgets from Tony Abbott's cuts. Warnings about the Opposition Leader featured heavily in the Prime Minister's speech - a crucial address, especially given there are just five days left in the campaign. More » NSW cracks down on discount fuel ads Virgin Australia posts $98.1 million loss Harvey Norman profit falls by 17.5 per cent ICAC finds Macdonald corrupt over Doyles Creek mine Politics More Politics » Election live September 2: Labor on the ropes in the final week The final week of the election campaign has begun, with the latest Newspoll predicting that Labor is facing a heavy defeat when Australian voters cast their ballots on Saturday. More » Defiant Assad braced for 'aggression' as US details sarin evidence Rudd makes jobs, training the focus at Labor launch Abbott vows to detail full spending cuts by Thursday As it happened: ALP launches campaign, Abbott to release costings by Thursday Sport More Sport » Hewitt beats Donskoy to reach last 16 Lleyton Hewitt has beaten Russia's Evgeny Donskoy in four sets to reach the last 16 of the US Open. More » Bale signs with Real Madrid for record fee Liverpool and Arsenal beat bitter rivals Murray turns up heat as US Open sweats Cowboys remain on track for finals appearance Crow wins single sculls world title Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Several new species found around remote WA coast By science and technology correspondent Jake Sturmer Scientists believe they have discovered several new species of creatures around Western Australia's remote Kimberley coast. More » Businesses tracking customers via mobile phone signals Photographer's Near Miss proves the perfect snap Labor flags cosmetics animal testing ban Meteor that hit Russia may have had close shave with Sun Environment More Environment » Greg Hunt not giving the full story on climate research Opposition Climate spokesman Greg Hunt has cited CSIRO research to defend the Coalition's "direct action" policy on climate change. Mr Hunt says the research shows emissions can be reduced by 20 per cent over 40 years using nature, soils and trees. ABC Fact Check takes a look at what the research is saying. More » Photographer's Near Miss proves the perfect snap Japanese brave notorious temper of Sakurajima volcano Abbott using outdated figure on carbon tax cost to households Your say: Foreign ownership and CSG About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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