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Updated 11.58am: THE CUT KEVIN CANNOT HIDE
By Sarah Michael and Linda Silmalis

HE has been talking non-stop about Tony Abbott's cuts, but Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was cagey when questioned about a cut on his knuckle today.

Mr Rudd was sporting a noticeable band-aid on his hand which wasn't there yesterday, while on his whirlwind tour of Western Sydney.

When asked where the injury came from he stumbled over his answer.

"That's, ah, I actually don't know. It just hurt. I noticed last night it was starting to, um, starting to bleed a bit so I just stuck something on it," Mr Rudd said.

"So, no, I wasn't involved in any fisticuffs. It, ah, I've got no idea about it."

Mr Rudd's political director Bruce Hawker told News Corp Australia that the cut was from "shaking hands".

"He shakes hundreds of them every day," he said.

"We had to put a bandaid on it."

Mr Rudd's adviser declined to comment.

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