Galaxy poll shows voters think Labor has trashed the office of Prime Minister
LABOR'S leadership fiasco has trashed the Prime Minister's brand, with a majority of voters saying unseemly party squabbling has left the highest office in the land badly damaged. The first opinion...
View ArticleAnthony Albanese won't quit cabinet and add to 'big losses' in ministry...
ANTHONY Albanese says there's "no reason" for him to resign in the wake of Labor's abortive leadership coup, as he admitted the departures of fellow Rudd backers from the ministry were "big losses"....
View ArticleJulia Gillard reshuffles cabinet and rebukes Labor over leadership crisis
Australian prime minister rearranges frontbench after senior members exit over failed bid to replace her with Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard has named her reshuffled cabinet after the damaging leadership...
View ArticleCrean points finger at Rudd
Sacked minister Simon Crean, the man who sparked this week's Labor's leadership crisis, says Kevin Rudd's camp had fully endorsed his intervention to demand the Prime Minister call a spill. His...
View ArticleSimon Crean may back Kevin Rudd in leadership spill
SIMON Crean is believed to be in discussions with key backers of Kevin Rudd to serve as his deputy on a joint leadership ticket. Sources in the Rudd camp confirmed a deal was being brokered which...
View ArticleLawmaker quits Cabinet over support for rival in bungled coup attempt...
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister has accepted the resignation of a Cabinet minister who had supported a bungled leadership challenge. Chris Bowen told reporters Friday that his...
View ArticleThe inside story of backroom backstabbing and double dealing that killed...
IT was like watching Homeland's Sgt Nicholas Brody trying to detonate his suicide vest inside a bunker at the US State Department's Harry S. Truman building in Washington DC. Sent in to kill the...
View ArticleElection call to end Labor chaos
Tony Abbott has emerged as the big winner from Labor's aborted coup as heads roll in the Gillard government. Recriminations (Oz): JULIA Gillard's supporters have called for the heads of the party...
View ArticleAustralian Cabinet minister quits over leadership
Australia's prime minister has accepted the resignation of a Cabinet minister who had supported a bungled leadership challenge. Chris Bowen told reporters Friday that his resignation was "the...
View ArticleFailed coup leaves PM with no more excuses
AS Parliament House cleaners mop up the blood of Kevin Rudd's key supporters, the man himself should be considering his future. Those involved in the latest attempt to restore Rudd to the prime...
View ArticleRudd supporter Bowen resigns from cabinet
Chris Bowen during a press conference at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares The Pulse: Stephanie Peatling blogs from Parliament Gillard back from the brink Peter Hartcher: And the winner...
View ArticleKevin Rudd text message shows he tried to block Simon Crean's move to spill,...
KEVIN Rudd says he will tour Labor's Queensland battleground with Julia Gillard in a sign that the former leader is in lock-step with the woman he has tried to topple as Prime Minister. "If the Prime...
View ArticleChris Bowen quits after failed leadership coup, Julia Gillard says more may go
LABOR'S aborted leadership coup has claimed another victim, with Rudd supporter Chris Bowen falling on his sword today and announcing his resignation from cabinet. “This is what I regard is the...
View ArticleAustralia's Ex-Premier Renounces Future Party Leadership
SYDNEY, Australia -- A day after a failed effort by his supporters to reinstall him, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia announced on Friday that he would never again seek to lead the...
View ArticleKevin Rudd text message shows he tried to block Simon Crean's move to spill,...
KEVIN Rudd says he will tour Labor's Queensland battleground with Julia Gillard in a sign that the former leader is in lock-step with the woman he has tried to topple as Prime Minister. "If the Prime...
View ArticleGillard takes Rudd's measure and triumphs
After a dramatic day in federal Labor politics, two things are now clear. One is that Kevin Rudd didn't have the numbers to become prime minister. After the February 2012 leadership ballot, Rudd said...
View ArticleLeadership Live: Simon Crean calls for leadership spill
SIMON CREAN has announced that the he's asked the Prime Minister for a spill on all leadership positions. Rolling coverage Get all the latest updates by following our rolling coverage below 1.03pm:...
View ArticleAustralia's Labour roiled by resignations after failed leadership coup
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard faced a string of ministerial resignations on Friday in the wake of a botched leadership coup against her, forcing a reshuffle of her...
View ArticleAngry voters dump Labor over Rudd farce as PM's approval rating dives
LABOR'S ranks would be cut in half if the election were held now, with support for the Government plunging to a 12-month low and Julia Gillard's approval rating tumbling after last week's leadership...
View ArticleAustralia's Labor roiled by resignations after failed leadership coup
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard faced a string of ministerial resignations on Friday in the wake of a botched leadership coup against her, forcing a reshuffle of her...
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