Australia election campaign kicks off

Australia's political parties have swung into campaign mode, a day after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for 7 September. On Monday Mr Rudd's Labor party announced an A$200m ($177m; £116m) package to assist the car industry. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23571307#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa