The announcement by the Gillard Government that it intends to scrap its planned, new family tax benefits to thousands of local families was another broken promise to the people of Holt said Ricardo Balancy, Candidate for Holt.

Visual communications expert and Red Rock Global Media founder, George Kolovos, has described the election debate between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott as "The M&M debate: Austin Powers mauve and mediocrity".