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Summary

This image is a screen capture of Electoral advertising shown on free-to-air and pay TV in 2004 by the Liberal Party indicating the commitment of a Howard Liberal government to "keep interest rates at record lows". Labor has criticised this after six interest rate rises since the October 2004 federal election. In response, Mr Howard stated in August 2007 "[Rudd] can scour every transcript, and I will make them available, of every interview that I gave during that election campaign and he will find no such commitment."^[1] In October 2007, Mr Howard "admitted breaking a promise to keep interest rates at record lows".^[2][3][4] During the 2004 campaign, Howard was also cited as giving the same promise, personally, on radio.^[5] November 2007 saw the sixth rate rise since the 2004 election, to a 10-year high of 6.75 per cent.^[6]

Licensing

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Australian fair dealing law (similar in many respects to fair use in the United States) permits the use of images for:

• Research and Study
• Review and Criticism
• 'Reporting the News'

Use of this image on Wikipedia qualifies in the preceding three of these categories. In addition, please view the fair use rationale below.

Fair use rationale for Australian federal election, 2007

This image is considered fair use as:

• The image used is of a ceremonial and not a commercial value;
• It is in low resolution;
• The article is greatly improved by the prominence of this photo;
• Which is hosted and displayed on the not-for-profit Wikipedia Encyclopedia for educational purposes;
• This image was captured from television, it is a political advertisement which demonstrates a statement pertinent to 2007 election issues, it is impossible to create or find a free, or online linkable version.

As it was sourced from a television advert, an online source URL such as http://www.screenshot.com/ is not available.

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