In the wake of different polls showing inconsistent results - Labor Party losing over rivals, Labor Party still popular among voters - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is accused of dilly-dallying over election dates up until the Australian Labor Party is consistently ahead of the game.

In a report from Sunday Telegraph, Stephen Stockwell, political analyst and Griffith University professor of journalism and communications in Brisbane, said, "Since Rudd's re-emergence as leader, the race has tightened. The reason why the election hasn't been called is because Labor still isn't ahead in the polls, and the party wants to use the window of time it has to make up that ground."

While the report from the Sunday telegraph mentioned that Mr Rudd will hold election as soon as September, Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there was "no rush" for Mr Rudd to call an election.

However, Tony Abbott said that the business sectors as well as the majority of the Aussie voters were becoming impatient and demanding an election as soon as possible.

In a press conference on Sunday, July 28, 2013, Mr Abbott told press, "The people's choice can't come soon enough for our country. Let the people decide."

On the other hand, Opposition frontbencher Mitch Fifield told Sky News for Labor to "Bring it on. We need an election, we need it now."

Meanwhile, a report from the Brisbane Times said that Mr Albanese announced that parliament will resume on August 20 if federal election has not been called by then.

With all the delays happening - Julia Gillard's election dates put on hold following a change in leadership and Monday, July 29, 2013 being the last day for election announcements to be done - Mr Albanese said that the next legal election date would be November 30, 2013.

With this, the Coalition strongly accused Mr Rudd of intentionally delaying the election time for his government to sit on an economic statement detailing Labor's plan and schemes on how to deliver its policies effectively. And just in time for the election, this economic statement will be keenly delivered to set the voter's mind in favour of Labor.

In an answer to this, Mr Albanese challenged the Coalition to make their costings public by submitting it to the Treasury. Mr Albanese accused the Coalition of wanting to sneak early in the office to start slashing money from public services.

Labor's Andrew Leigh followed suit challenging the Coalition to "Bring out your health policy, bring out your education policy and bring your cuts out of witness protection."

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