Julia Gillard says Tony Abbott government would 'banish' women Addressing the launch of Labor's Women for Gillard campaign, the prime minister said women would "once again (be) banished from the centre of Australia's political life" under a government led by Tony Abbott. "We've got a hard fight ahead but it's a fight for women we must wage and we must win on the 14th of September," she told a crowd of around 100 women in Sydney on Tuesday. Australian women need a voice ... that voice is Labor. Speaking to a wall of young female ALP supporters, Ms Gillard highlighted abortion as a key election issue. "We don't want to live in an Australia where abortion again becomes the political play thing of men who think they know better," she said. She said her message for commentators and pollsters was that Labor could win September's election, adding that she was "energised for the fight." Earlier on Tuesday, Ms Gillard dismissed as a "waste of breath" speculation about her leadership, insisting she's still the best person to take Labor to the September 14 poll.