With one week remaining in the election campaign, how has it come to this for Labor? Bernard Keane and Cathy Alexander look at Kevin Rudd’s rough road and what we can expect from the last week of the campaign — and a likely Abbott government.

They’re halfway down the straight, and who’s got his neck in front? Crikey’s political oracle Bernard Keane talks to editor Jason Whittaker about the challenge facing Tony Abbott to run down Kevin Rudd.