Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign' date=' in which 13.6 million Australians were enrolled to vote. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were contested in the election. The opposition centre-left Australian Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, defeated the incumbent centre-right coalition government, led by Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister John Howard and Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile. The coalition had been in power since the 1996 election.[/quote'] copy and pasting from here doesn't count: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Australian-federal-election,-2007