Who is the leader of australia
Australia's leadership battles: A brief and bloody history
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any action to do anything else but to
treat mr. Gordon as the leader of the
government and to give him undivided
loyalty the question of who will be
leading this party and dubli Prime
Minister of Australia will be decided by
my party in a ballot at 6:30 this
afternoon
Bob ought to resign opening the way for
a leadership balance Paul Keating
confirms he will challenge and followers
say he has the number his unshakable
belief in the need for an emissions
trading scheme split his party room this
is about the future of our planet and
the future of our children and that I
accept that Malcolm would have preferred
that I didn't do this why should the
Liberal Party give up the job of being
an effective opposition just so that
Kevin Rudd has a trophy to take to pepin
target
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it is a massive day in Australian
politics for Julia Gillard challenging
Kevin Rudd
to become our next prime and ask my
colleagues to make a leadership change a
change because I believed that a good
government was losing its way having
said all that folks we've got a zip
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shows Mr Rudd is more popular with the
public but in caucus he was
comprehensively trounced Julia Gillard
has won the ballot 71s votes to 231 I
bear no grudges I bear no one any malice
I can assure you that this political
drama is over history as the nation's
first female Prime Minister was thrown
out of office by a resurgent Kevin Rudd
I have written to the governor-general
asking her to Commission Rudd as Prime
Minister of Australia it is Kevin Rudd
57 votes Julia Gillard 45 votes
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to the future the revolving door took
another swing and kevin rudd is once
again a leader of the parliamentary
Labour Party well thank you very much a
little while ago I met with the Prime
Minister and advised him that I would be
challenging him for the leadership of
the Liberal Party this is not an easy
day for many people in this building
leadership changes are never easy for
our country the ruling Liberal Party
voted out the old leader in favour of
the new following months of infighting
and crumbling voter support my pledge
today is to make this change as easy as
I can
they'll be no wrecking no undermining
and no sniping I believe that I had the
best prospect of leading the Liberal
Party to success at the next election
now that wasn't to be today the result
of that ballot was Malcolm Turnbull
leader of the Liberal Party by a margin
of 48 votes to 35 I've seen leadership
I've seen leadership challenges before
and it's a resounding vote of support in
the leadership team
