Pm Kevin Rudd Personally Bet on Bob Katter

Prime Minster Kevin Rudd had personally talked with Australian Party leader Bob Katter wooing him for his party to join the Australian Labor Party for Queensland.

Mr Rudd and the Australian Labor Party were confident that they will be getting Mr Katter for Queensland as Mr Katter considered Mr Rudd as a friend. Labor has high hopes that Mr Katter is their saviour against bottle-neck competition with Liberal National Party for Queensland seat. In fact, an insider of ALP was reportedly saying that announcement about the deal with Mr Katter will happen soon.

Labor is doing its best to have Mr Katter in the team because Katter's Australian Party (KAP) won over Greens at 282,098 over 184, 147 in the 2012 election and Labor believe that this can also happen on the September 7 2013 election, The Courier mail reported.

KAP was also showing favourable ratings according to election polls, both in regional and north Queensland: Forde (10 per cent), Blair (16 per cent), Capricornia (17 per cent), Herbert (27 per cent), Dawson (22 per cent) and Hinkler (14 per cent).

With all these preferences ratings for KAP both Mr Rudd and the ALP will be on the advantage given that Mr Katter decided to join them.

However, the Coalition was also hell-bent to have Mr Katter join them as Mr Katter was a former member of the Nationals.

According to another report from The Courier Mail, Mr Katter took a flight from Mount Isa to Melbourne to speak with Liberal party federal director Brian Loughnane Monday night. The effort exerted by the party was provoked their fear that Mr Katter will be the strongest ally for rival party ALP.

"If he does a deal with Labor, it could cost us several seats in Queensland," a source from LNP said.

Meanwhile Mr Katter put both parties on the edge of their seats as he announced that no decision had been made. He confirmed meeting with both parties but denied reports that a deal has already been made with Labor.

"We're not ruling anyone out. I can give you an unequivocal no. That is scaremongering from some disgruntled ex-candidates or the LNP."

He said that both Upper and Lower House preferences will be taken into consideration before making a decision.

Pm Kevin Rudd Adamant over Sydney Second Airport?

The most recent announcement from western Sydney director of the NSW Business Chamber, David Borger, said that the Sydney second airport will boost the business sectors and will thus produce influx of job openings.

The announcement said that the Sydney second airport can acquire approximately $15 billion in the economy.

"What we're projecting is between 35,000 and 46,000 full-time equivalent employees either on the airport working directly or generated by the activity the airport has underpinned," Mr Borger told ABC News.

On Monday, Mr Rudd strongly opposed the construction of the Sydney second airport.

However, with Mr Borger's announcement that the second airport will create 28,000 new jobs and will boost the economy by $15 billion, Mr Rudd had changed his viewpoint. As a result, Mr Rudd had dropped his argument that a second airport will result to Sydney's air congestion.