by Ry Crozier, July 17 2010
NBN expected to attract young voters.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard believes the national broadband network (NBN) will help Labor secure votes from young people in the national election which was called for Saturday August 21.
Gillard addressed a throng of media at midday in front of Parliament House in Canberra.
It followed an earlier visit to the Governor-General Quentin Bryce's residence in nearby Yarralumla, tracked closely by TV news crews.
Gillard encouraged voters to enrol before the cutoff on Monday at 8pm, particularly those for whom this would be their first election.
"We...
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