{"id":39482,"date":"2013-06-26T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=39482"},"modified":"2013-06-26T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T11:18:27","slug":"australiapm-julia-gillard-has-lost-labor-party-leadership-breaking-news-39482","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/australiapm-julia-gillard-has-lost-labor-party-leadership-breaking-news-39482\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia:PM Julia Gillard has lost Labor Party leadership \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has been defeated in a dramatic leadership challenge by party rival Kevin Rudd.<\/h1>\n

Ms Julia Gillard was ousted in a Labor Party ballot by 57 votes to 45, just months ahead of a September election.<\/p>\n

She called the vote earlier amid reports that former leader Mr Rudd’s supporters were gearing up for a challenge.<\/p>\n

Mr Rudd\u00a0will lead the country for a second time, with months to go until a general election, after winning the Labor Party ballot by 57 votes to 45.<\/p>\n

Ms Gillard, who ousted Mr Rudd as leader in 2010, called the vote earlier amid reports that her predecessor’s\u00a0supporters were gearing up for a fresh challenge.<\/p>\n

Opinion polls had shown that the party could face huge losses in the September elections, but that Mr Rudd would be a more popular leader than Ms Gillard.<\/p>\n

The country’s first female leader has pledged to quit politics after the elections.<\/p>\n

She earlier pledged to quit politics after the elections if she lost the leadership challenge.<\/p>\n

Mr Rudd must now demonstrate that he can command a majority of the House of Representatives before the governor-general makes him prime minister.<\/p>\n

If he cannot, opposition leader Tony Abbott could be asked to form a government, or the elections could be moved from September to August.<\/p>\n

Welsh-born Ms Gillard, who ousted former diplomat Mr Rudd as leader in 2010 in a similar showdown, called the vote earlier amid reports that her bitter rival’s supporters were gearing up for a fresh challenge.<\/p>\n

Opinion polls had shown that the party could face huge losses in the September elections but that Mr Rudd would be the more popular leader.<\/p>\n

Mr Rudd must now demonstrate that he can command a majority of the House of Representatives before the governor-general makes him prime minister.<\/p>\n

If he cannot, opposition leader Tony Abbott could be asked to form a government, or the elections could be moved from September to August.<\/p>\n

In March, Ms Gillard managed to retain the leadership of the party after she was urged to hold a ballot and Mr Rudd admitted he did not have enough support to defeat her. Mr Rudd also lost a bid for the leadership in 2012.<\/p>\n

As she called the latest ballot earlier, with just hours of notice, she appeared frustrated over the petition for a vote that was circulating within the party.<\/p>\n

She said: “Call me old-fashioned, but the way in which these things are normally done is a challenger approaches the leader of the Labor Party and asks them to call a ballot for the leadership, who shake hands and then a ballot is held.<\/p>\n

“That hasn’t happened but in these circumstances I do think it is in the best interests of the nation and in the best interests of the Labor Party for this matter to be resolved … ”<\/p>\n

Mr Rudd had said Labor was facing a “catastrophic defeat” at the next election unless there was “change”.<\/p>\n

He has promised tighter control of public spending, a speedier return to surplus budgets, and stronger economic growth if he wins office.<\/p>\n

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