Former prime minister John Howard receives an enthusiastic reception from the other attendees at the Coalition's campaign launch at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane on Sunday Photograph: Global Mail/Mike BowersLiberal frontbenchers Joe Hockey, Eric Abetz, George Brandis and Ian McFarlane appear relaxed and animated as they wait for the launch speeches to begin Photograph: Global Mail/Mike BowersJulie Bishop launched a character assassination on Kevin Rudd in her speech at the launch Photograph: Global Mail/Mike Bowers
Tony Abbott's daughters Frances and Bridget introduced their father, revealing he was a 'netball dad' Photograph: Global Mail/Mike BowersIn his speech launching the Coalition's campaign, Tony Abbott pledged to the crowd and the Australian people to "govern for all Australians" Photograph: Global Mail/Mike BowersTony Abbott with his wife Margie and their daughters, posing for photographs at the launch on Sunday Photograph: Global Mail/Mike Bowers
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