Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) speaks next to Kim Carr, Minister for Higher Education, during a news conference after visiting the facilities of Macquarie University as part of his election campaign in Sydney August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's opposition, tipped to sweep looming elections, on Wednesday ruled out power-sharing with minor parties and independents in a promise aimed at closing off three years of minority rule that have shaken voters and business confidence.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, whose conservatives lead Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ruling Labour in surveys ahead of the September 7 ballot, said he would not do deals with influential Greens and crossbench independents as the price of taking power.
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